[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 47 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3239]
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:
  Open our ears, O God, to hear the majesty of Your whole creation, a 
creation of words and music and nature. May not the rush of each day 
and the multitude of voices that beckon us from one task to another, 
keep us from hearing Your message of beauty, of renewal, of hope, of 
healing, and of peace. Free us, O gracious God, from any isolation that 
keeps our hearts and minds apart from Your grace so we miss the words 
and sounds that resonate with our humanity and encourage us to be 
people You would have us be. Bless us this day and every day, we pray. 
Amen.

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