[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H4130-H4131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Luis Leon, rector, St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, 
Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage, we 
humbly pray that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of the 
grace You have granted us. Bless our land with honorable industry and 
sound learning and faithful leadership. Save us from violence and 
discord, confusion and chaos, pride and arrogance. Defend our liberties 
and fashion into one nation the good people brought here out of many 
lands and languages. Endue

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with a spirit of wisdom those to whom in Your name we entrust the 
authority of government, especially the President and the Congress of 
the United States, that there may be justice and mercy in this land. 
Strengthen our resolve to see fulfilled all hopes for a lasting peace 
among all nations. In a time of prosperity, fill our hearts with 
thankfulness, and in a day of trouble, remind us that we still belong 
to You. All this we ask in Your name. Amen.

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