[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 126]
[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 pause now in Your presence and acknowledge our dependence on You.
  We ask Your blessing upon the men and women of this, the people's 
House, who have returned to their stations here on Capitol Hill.
  As the new session begins, help them, and indeed help us all, to obey 
Your law, to do Your will, and to walk in Your way. Grant that they 
might be good in thought, gracious in word, generous in deed, and great 
in spirit.
  Many of their fellow citizens continue to struggle through a 
difficult economic stretch and look to them for helpful leadership. 
Grant them the resolve to fashion solutions that might benefit those 
who are in need.
  Make this a glorious day in which all are glad to be alive and ready 
to serve You.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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