[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day.
  We ask Your blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the 
authority of government is given.
  Encourage the Members of this House, O God, to use their abilities 
and talents in ways that bring righteousness to this Nation and to all 
people. Ever remind them of the needs of the poor, the homeless or 
forgotten, and those who live without freedom or liberty. May they be 
instruments of justice for all Americans.
  May Your spirit live with them, and with each of us, and may Your 
grace surround us and those we love that in all things we may be the 
people You would have us be in service to this great Nation.
  May all that is done within the people's House this day be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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