[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10749]
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:
  Remind every person, O gracious God, that it is in giving that we 
receive, that we are blessed when we appreciate the unity that is Your 
will for us. Teach us, O God, that we can never be the people You would 
have us be unless we discern that our lives and hopes and dreams are 
intertwined with one another and that our good fortune is linked to the 
good fortune of others. As we have received the support of our family 
and friends through prayer and encouragement and counsel, so may we 
give of ourselves in service to others and so do the work of justice 
and mercy. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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