[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend John Williams, Immaculate Conception Church, Clinton, 
NC, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, grant unto the Members of the Congress the desires of 
their hearts for the precious gift of wisdom, and as You deliver it, 
help them to love it and act upon it in all their deliberations.
  May the Lord our guardian preserve you from all evil today and keep 
you safe and in peace and in health of spirit and body for the carrying 
out of your duties.
  In I Timothy, Paul urged that prayer, supplications, and 
intercessions be raised up for sovereigns and for those in positions of 
responsibility. May these prayers and those of pastors and 
congregations all over the country be acceptable on behalf of the 
honorable men and women of Congress, the servants of a free people.
  And now unto Him who is able to keep us from falling and to present 
us faultless into the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the 
only wise God, our Father, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, 
now and forever. Amen.

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