[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 127 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10387]
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:
  Our voices cry out with the Psalmist of old when we pray:
Out of the depths I cry to Thee, O Lord!
Lord hear my voice!
Let Thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
  In this our prayer, O God, we speak silently our supplications, our 
petitions, our requests, our aspirations, and our dreams. Regard our 
supplications with favor, our petitions and requests with support, and 
our aspirations and our dreams with grace. With gratefulness and 
praise, we implore Your blessing this day and every day. Amen.

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