[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5383]
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  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We remember, O gracious God, those who have any special need in their 
lives, those family and friends and colleagues who are uncertain about 
their future or have doubts about the purposes and the designs of their 
very being. We pray, O God, that where there is doubt there would be 
renewed faith; where there is illness or infirmity there would be 
healing; where there is anger there would be reconciliation and peace 
and where the soul seems barren or empty, may Your spirit be present to 
forgive and restore and make whole. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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