[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We thank You for the joy, excitement, and ceremony of yesterday, when 
the 115th Congress convened. It was a celebration of the ongoing 
American experiment of participatory democracy and the peaceful 
shifting of power.
  Today begins the work of that Congress, when the difficulties facing 
our Nation, and some communities especially, come into focus. We ask 
again an abundance of Your wisdom for the Members of the people's 
House.
  May we be forever grateful for the blessings our Nation enjoys and 
appropriately generous with what we have to help those among us who are 
in need.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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