[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13559]
[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.
  You alone can trace the deepest fault lines of history and read the 
highest aspirations of the human heart. You fulfill Your promises day 
by day and lead Your people to greatness. You are the one who asks each 
of us to live a life worthy of our calling. Be with the Members of the 
people's House this day. Give them sound judgment and make them as 
practical and `street wise' as the American people who sent them here 
as their representatives.
  Help them to withstand open criticism when they know what is right 
before You and conscience. Often they are characterized by half-truths 
and attributed motives that are far beneath them. Uphold them at such 
times, with personal integrity and compassion for those most in need.
  Having called them to serve others to the best of their ability, lift 
them even higher by Your grace and power to live and work for Your 
greater honor and glory, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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