[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6549]
[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. Lead us 
this day in Your ways, that our Nation might be guided along the roads 
of peace, justice, and goodwill.
  Recent events, including the tragic murders in Kansas motivated by 
religious bigotry and the unfortunate high-profile racism displayed in 
Los Angeles, remind us that we as a nation still have work to do to 
guarantee that our founding documents and their soaring ideals are 
realized by all who dwell in our land.
  Grant strength and wisdom to our Speaker and the Members of both this 
assembly and the Senate, to our President and his Cabinet, and to our 
Supreme Court, as well as to us all, that all our institutions and all 
our communities fulfill the noble promises of our representative form 
of self-government.
  Grant us the courage to become whom You have called us to be--our 
better selves--so that the United States might continue to be a nation 
worthy of emulation.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done within the 
people's House be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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