[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4446-H4447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Clyde H. Miller, Jr., conference minister, retired, 
United Church of Christ, Denver, CO, offered the following prayer:
  [[Page H4447]] Let us pray:
  Everliving and everloving God, we come before You in the solemnity of 
this moment with gratitude for the wholeness of creation, born out of 
Your goodness and Your mercy.
  We come to You to consider our calling to serve the common good and, 
in our understanding of that calling, hear our prayer for a new 
discernment as to what the common good shall be. Hear our cry as we 
brood over the emergent alienation in our Nation that for so long, for 
far too long, has had violence as its expression.
  Allow Your spirit to hover over our deliberations in this place, to 
be sensitive to the harsh realities of all of us, and especially those 
who are marginalized, and do not allow any of us to objectify any other 
persons who are Your person. Unite us anew as a whole people under God.
  We know that You are near in all of our collective deliberations and 
even in our solitude, and be with us this day.
  As our prayers ascend into Your throne of mercy, answer them as You 
will. This we pray. Amen, and amen.

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