[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15808]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We ask Your special blessing upon the Members of this people's House. 
They face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and 
interests demanding their attention.
  We are grateful, O God, that You have given to them the goals of 
justice and the designs of freedom. Remind each Member that it is their 
work to develop the strategies and plans of achieving those goals and 
designs being mindful of the prompting of Your spirit.
  You have given to each of them and to us all the abilities to do good 
works, so we pray that we will be faithful in our tasks, responsible in 
our actions, and fervent in our desire to serve.
  Bless us all, O God, this day and every day to come. And may all that 
is done be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

                          ____________________