[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8381]
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 Your Word tells us to do justly and to love mercy, help us, O God, 
to walk the path of justice and mercy in our lives. We admit that our 
ways are weak and our wishes can miss the mark and we too easily mind 
our own way. We know too that there are many paths available to us and 
there are choices we make every day. We pray, gracious God, for the 
insight and wisdom to follow the path that leads to faith, the road 
that strengthens hope, and the way that celebrates love. This is our 
earnest prayer. Amen.

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