[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 196 (Monday, December 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14241]
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:
  Breathe upon us, O gracious God, the full measure of Your grace and 
allow us to receive the full portion of Your many gifts. We confess 
that we have not been the people You would have us be or have done that 
which is pleasing to You. But we know too, O God, that Your mercy is 
without end and Your blessings are without number. So we place our 
hearts and souls before You and pray that Your strength will enable us 
to do justice, love mercy, and ever walk humbly with You. In Your name, 
we pray. Amen.

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