[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9076]
[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.
  In these days after Memorial Day, we thank You again for the ultimate 
sacrifices of so many of our citizen-ancestors. Bless their families 
with Your consolation. Bless as well the men and women who serve our 
Nation this day in our Armed Forces. May they and their families be 
assured of our deep gratitude for their service.
  O God, You have blessed every person with the full measure of Your 
grace and given us the bounty of Your spirit. Lead us this day in the 
ways of peace. We pray for peace in our hearts, that we will be freed 
from selfishness or envy, that we will replace any enmity with 
goodwill, and hatred with charity, so we might lead lives of generosity 
and kindness.
  May there be peace in our world among all nations. May each nation 
sense its shared destiny in a new spirit of hope and trust, one with 
another.
  Help us to be men and women without excuse, and may all that we do 
this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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