[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Compassionate and merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us 
another day.
  Bless the Members of this people's House with strength, fortitude, 
and patience. Fill their hearts with charity, their minds with 
understanding, and their wills with courage.
  In the work to be done now, may they rise together to accomplish what 
is best for our great Nation and, indeed, for all the world, for you 
have blessed us with many graces and given us the responsibility of 
being a light shining on a hill.
  On this feast of St. Blaise, may all Members be healed of every 
infirmity of their throat.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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