[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6631]
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:
  As You are the creator of the whole world, O God, and have blessed us 
and ever watch over us, we express our petitions before You seeking 
Your grace and mercy. We remember those who have special need this 
day--those in sorrow or sadness, those who need Your healing hand and 
Your word of blessing, those who look for confidence and trust, those 
who seek courage and strength. May Your peace, O gracious God, that is 
always with us, be and abide with all Your people, now and evermore. 
Amen.

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