[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 32]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  At the beginning of this new day, we are grateful as individuals and 
as a Nation for all the blessings we have been given.
  We ask Your blessing upon the Members of this people's House as they 
reconvene for the second session. May they anticipate the opportunities 
and difficulties that are before them and before so many Americans with 
steadfast determination to work together toward solutions that will 
benefit their countrymen.
  Grant that they be worthy of the responsibilities they have been 
given by their constituents and truly be the people You have called 
them to be. May the walls of disagreement that have divided this 
assembly be put aside and replaced by a spirit of respect and dignity.
  May Your Spirit, O God, be in all of our hearts and minds and 
encourage us to do the works of justice and peace now and always.
  May all that we do be done for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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