[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12018]
[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.
  We pray this day, O Lord, for peace in our world, that freedom will 
flourish, and righteousness will be done.
  The attention of our Nation is drawn toward an impending election, 
but there is work yet to be done.
  Send Your spirit upon the Members of this people's House, that they 
might judiciously balance seemingly irreconcilable interests. Help them 
to execute their consciences and judgments with clarity and purity of 
heart, so that all might stand before You honestly and trust that You 
can bring forth righteous fruits from their labors.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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