[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6917]
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, whose love is all about and whose mercy is without 
end, we pray that Your Spirit will lead us in a better way, Your Word 
will guide without fail and that by Your grace we will know lives of 
joy and serenity and peace. Cleanse our thoughts from those feelings 
that tear us down--from envy or resentment or rancor--and instead fill 
our hearts and souls with the light of Your Spirit, the beauty of Your 
company, and the steadfast hope that is Your gift to us. In Your name, 
we pray. Amen.

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