[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1856]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of all creation, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  In the midst of cold winds and uncertain and sometimes disastrous 
weather patterns, the consistent warm rays of light fall upon the good 
and the bad, the believers and unbelievers alike. Gradually, the days 
are already growing longer but, like the movement of Your grace, often 
unnoticed.
  Lord, You are ever present, especially to those most in need. Show 
Your mercy to the weakest among us, the children, the poor, the 
elderly, the homeless. And on this National Day of Prayer, may all Your 
people be mindful of these anawim among us.
  Send Your spirit upon the Members of this people's House, that they 
might be inspired to do what they are able, to care for those whom You 
have favored from biblical times, the powerless and most vulnerable.
  Bless us this day and every day. May all that is done be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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