[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of mercy, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  Our Nation is singular and powerful by the very fact that Congress 
begins its workday with prayer, setting an example for all students and 
workers of this great land. It has done so from the very beginnings of 
Congress itself.
  By seeking Your presence and wisdom in moments of prayer each day, we 
humbly lay before You our limitations and our hopes. We display our 
openness to Your creative light to guide us in the decisions that must 
be made to stay the course of government of Your free people.
  Hear the prayers of this people's House, and call each Member to 
moral integrity and charitable, bipartisan political effort, that the 
course of government might roll forward toward advancements of the 
common good of our Nation.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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