[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 64 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Monsignor Mark J. Giordani, Cathedral of St. John the 
Baptist, Paterson, NJ, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Father of all peoples and nations, we come before You to thank You 
for our Nation. Through our Founding Fathers, You have created the 
United States of America to be one nation under God.
  Give us Your spirit to enlighten and empower us to enact laws that 
embody Your truth, justice, compassion, and peace. Teach us how to 
humble ourselves before You that both personally and as public servants 
we may exemplify Your integrity, honesty, and high moral character.
  Father, make us Your beacon of light, not only financially, 
militarily, and through technology, but spiritually. If our spiritual 
roots decay, we will die. Let our love for our true freedom, liberty, 
and justice for all authentically shine in the midst of all peoples and 
nations.
  Father, fulfill in our Nation and in all nations the words of Jesus 
Christ: ``I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.''
  We ask You this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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