[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10114]
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 we contemplate our lives and the lives of those people that we 
know, we realize how cluttered are the agendas of daily living and how 
hurried is the pace that each day brings. Yet, O gracious God, we are 
thankful that we have our vocations, our work, our responsibilities, 
and our tasks by which we can support ourselves and serve others in 
their need. We remember in our prayer those who have no work and yet 
who wish to use the abilities that You have given in ways that support 
themselves and those they love. As You have called us to do the works 
of justice in our world, so may we be appreciative of the opportunities 
we have to do the works of justice in our lives. In Your name, we pray. 
Amen.

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