[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 70 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4436]
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 loving God, we come together on this day and we recount with 
thanksgiving all the blessings You have bestowed upon Your people. Yet, 
we are painfully aware of the suffering of people whose lives have been 
devastated and whose families have been destroyed. We especially 
remember with our thoughts and prayers the people of Oklahoma City who 
have suffered such distress and misery. We pray that Your good spirit 
that supports and gives hope even in tragedy will be with them in their 
grief and give healing to their souls. We pray also for all those 
valiant people who have done so much to rescue those in need and who 
have risked their own lives to save others. May Your peace, gracious 
God, that passes all human understanding, be with all Your people, this 
day and every day, we pray. Amen.

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