[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H769]
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:
  Hold us, O gracious God, when we falter; lift us, O God, when we 
fall; strengthen us when we are weak and keep us ever in Your grace. 
With gratefulness we pray for guidance along life's way and with 
humility we pray for reconciliation in all that divides and separates 
us from each other and from Your will for us. Show us Your bountiful 
gifts that justice will be our focus and mercy Your everlasting 
blessing. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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