[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 751]
[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 thank You once again that we, Your creatures, can come before You 
and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly. Send Your 
Spirit of peace as they visit their families and constituencies back 
home. May their ears and hearts be open to listen to the hopes and 
needs of those whom they represent.
  Bless the people of this great Nation with wisdom, knowledge and 
understanding, that they might responsibly participate in our American 
democracy by making their interests known to their Representatives.
  Please keep all who work for the people's House in good health, that 
they might faithfully fulfill the great responsibility given them in 
their service to the work of the Capitol.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done here be 
done for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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