[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10772-H10773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Bishop Felton May, Washington Episcopal Area United Methodist Church, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You created us in Your image. Grant us grace fearlessly 
to contend against evil, and to make

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no peace with oppression. And, that we may reverently use our freedom, 
help us to employ it in the fostering of reconciliation, liberation, 
and justice.
  Grant us sincerity, with golden morals and values, that we may 
persistently seek the things that endure, refusing those which perish, 
and grow ever richer in that love which is the life of all people. 
Bless this House of Representatives and all the leaders of this Nation; 
as we continue to be good and faithful stewards of the resources of 
this world which You created and called good. Amen.

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