[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 3 (Monday, January 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H159]
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:
  On this Inaugural Day, when the Nation affirms its traditions and 
welcomes the responsibilities of the years ahead, we ask Your blessing, 
O God, and pray for the gifts of faith and hope and love.
  As we seek to renew our strength, we pray for faith; when we strive 
to walk the way of justice, we pray for hope; as we earnestly desire to 
be the people You would have us be, may we express the gift of love, 
even as we know Your love to us.
  May Your special blessing this day be with our President and Vice 
President, with our Speaker and the people of this assembly, that in 
all things we will do justice, love mercy, and ever walk humbly with 
You. Amen.

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