[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11489]
[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 ask discernment for the Members of this people's House, that they 
might judge anew their adherence to principle, conviction, and 
commitment, lest they slide uncharitably toward an inability to listen 
to one another and work cooperatively to solve the important issues of 
our day.
  Give them the generosity of heart, and the courage of true 
leadership, to work toward a common solution, which might call for 
compromise, even sacrifice on both sides. We pray that their work 
results not in solutions where some are winners and some losers, but 
where all Americans know in their hearts that we are winners.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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