[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  O gracious God, from whom comes every good gift, we give our thanks 
for all Your graces and all Your blessings. We specially offer our 
gratitude for the gift of Your creation which binds all people together 
in the spirit of unity. May our lives express that unity and may our 
work together serve people as to their need. Whatever our background, 
whatever our ideas or patterns, whatever our experience or culture, You 
have created each of us, O God, in Your image and we earnestly pray 
that by Your grace we will reflect that image as we do justice, love, 
mercy, and ever walk humbly with You. Amen.

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