[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5571]
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:
  When we think on Your name, O God, or meditate on Your providence, we 
recall all the wonderful gifts of life that we have received from Your 
hand. For the gifts of forgiveness and grace, for justice and mercy, 
for hope and faith, for healing and helping, and for all Your wonders 
we give our thanksgiving. Yet, above all else and soaring over all Your 
creation, we recognize Your gift of love, a love that passes all human 
understanding and a love that transcends all our customs and edicts. 
For this gift of eternal love that makes each day alive with new 
possibilities, we offer these words of gratitude and praise. Amen.

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