[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We thank You for the joy, excitement, and ceremony of yesterday when 
the 114th Congress convened. It was a celebration of the ongoing 
American experiment of participatory democracy.
  Today begins, if not in full force, the work of the Congress when the 
difficulties facing our Nation, and some communities especially, come 
into focus. We ask again an abundance of Your wisdom for the Members of 
the people's House.
  May we be forever grateful for the blessings our Nation enjoys and 
appropriately generous with what we have to help those among us who are 
in need.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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