[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5074-5075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:

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  Blessed are You, merciful God of us all. You have given us a new 
birth and made us a living hope for the world.
  As a nation, we have inherited great natural resources and unfailing 
principles to guide our destiny. By Your power, You have safeguarded 
faith in Your people. You have made us ready to reveal in our time Your 
creativity and goodness active in us, but for the common good of all.
  We rejoice in Your blessings upon this Congress and the people they 
represent. Even during times of various trials and moments of struggle, 
our gaze is fixed on You as the source of all goodness and foundation 
of peace.
  May genuine faith, which is more precious than gold tested by fire, 
be proven in us.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done within the 
people's House be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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