[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8251]
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:
  Help us, O gracious God, to see more clearly a vision of life where 
good triumphs over evil, where health conquers sickness, where 
reconciliation prevails over intolerance, and where justice overcomes 
inequity. Too often we strain with our minds and struggle with ideas 
seeking that vision and we can be overwhelmed. So we pray, O God, that 
Your spirit will so abide with us and Your grace will forgive all that 
is past so that we cannot only see that vision where life is truly 
lived, but also walk in that good path prepared for us. Bless us this 
day and every day, we pray. Amen.

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