[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 78]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We thank You for the joy, excitement, and ceremony of yesterday, when 
the 113th Congress convened. It was a celebration of the ongoing 
American experiment of participatory democracy.
  Today begins, if not in full force, the work of the Congress, when 
the difficulties facing our Nation and some communities, especially, 
come into focus. We ask again an abundance of Your wisdom for the 
Members of the people's House.
  May we be forever grateful for the blessings our Nation enjoys and 
appropriately generous with what we have to help those among us who are 
in need.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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