[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We pause now in Your presence and acknowledge our dependence on You.
  We ask Your blessing upon the men and women of this, the people's 
House, who are returning to their stations here on Capitol Hill.
  As the new Congress begins, help them, and indeed, help us all, to 
obey Your law, to do Your will, and to walk in Your way. Grant that 
they might be good in thought, gracious in word, generous in deed, and 
great in spirit.
  Make this a glorious day in which all are glad to be alive and ready 
to serve You.
  May all that is done this day be done for Your greater honor and 
glory.
  Amen.

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