[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear Lord of mercy, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  At the beginning of a new work week, we use this moment to be 
reminded of Your presence, and to tap the resources needed by the 
Members of this people's House to do their work as well as it can be 
done.
  We ask that You send Your Holy Spirit upon them, giving them the 
gifts of patience and diligence. With all the pressures, concerns, and 
worries that accompany their responsibilities, we pray that they might 
know Your peace, which surpasses all human understanding.
  May Your voice speak to them in the depths of their hearts, 
illuminating their minds and spirits, thus enabling them to view the 
tasks of this day with confidence and hope. All this day, and through 
the week, may they do their best to find solutions to the pressing 
issues facing our Nation.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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