[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5249]
[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.
  As the people's House gathers today, our Nation's heart is heavy as 
once again our domestic tranquility has been shattered by the selfish 
and violent actions witnessed yesterday near the finish line of the 
Boston Marathon.
  We ask Your blessing, Lord, on those who died and those who mourn 
them, on those who were physically injured, and on those who have been 
emotionally traumatized. We give You thanks for those many who 
responded to the injured and to those who kept the order and keep it 
still.
  And send Your Spirit upon whomever perpetrated this bombing and 
others who might contemplate emulating it. Calm their troubled souls, 
stay their violent hands. May those tasked with investigating this 
tragedy find success in their work, so that justice might be served and 
peace returned to our Nation's communities.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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