[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Daniel J. Maher, Basilica of the National Shrine of the 
Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  Good and gracious God, we thank You for the many blessings You have 
poured out upon our Nation. As we praise You for Your wondrous works, 
we thank You too for raising up those assembled here who are servants 
of Your people and for calling them to be instruments of Your will for 
our land. Help them to bear gracefully this mantle of responsibility 
placed upon them. Inspire their deliberations this day, that they may 
more perfectly fulfill the sacred trust that both You and we, the 
people, have bestowed upon them. Bless our Nation through them and help 
them to live in the spirits of unity and peace that we hope their 
endeavors will assure for all the people of this Republic. We ask all 
these things in Your holy name. Amen.

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