[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God of the Universe, we give You thanks for giving us 
another day.
  We join the world this day to ask Your blessing upon all worldwide 
who mourn the death of Nelson Mandela.
  One of the great figures of human history, and most certainly of our 
own era, Madiba joined a small fellowship of heroic people whose 
commitment, ultimately, to nonviolence and reconciliation changed our 
world.
  As today marks the 20th anniversary of the Office of United Nations 
High Commissioner for Human Rights, we ask that You give all who 
inhabit the Earth the will to intensify our efforts to fulfill our 
collective responsibility to promote and protect the rights and dignity 
of all people everywhere and the wisdom to know how best to do so.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done within the 
people's House be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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