[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7898]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  We give You thanks, O merciful God, for giving us another day.
  In these days after Memorial Day, we thank You again for the ultimate 
sacrifices of so many of our citizen ancestors. Bless their families 
with Your consolation. Bless, as well, the men and women who serve our 
Nation this day in our Armed Forces.
  O God, You have blessed every person with the full measure of Your 
Grace and given us the bounty of Your Spirit. We pray, especially 
today, for Your children here in the U.S. but also across the world who 
are lacking in the nutrition to develop and grow as human persons, 
fully alive. May we who have so much work to provide bread for the 
world, especially for those in the first 1,000 days of their lives, 
from conception to early childhood.
  As the Members of this people's House return from the Memorial Day 
adjournment, bless them with the wisdom and perseverance to attend to 
the pressing needs of all who hunger and thirst, for sustenance, and 
for justice.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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