[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1621]
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:
  We know, gracious God, that Your blessings can flood our hearts and 
give us vision for the new day if we are open to Your good grace and 
hear Your words of forgiveness and promise. With all the distractions 
of everyday life and with all the tasks before us, may Your eternal 
presence and Your reconciling spirit guide, guard, and gird us along 
life's way so that Your blessings touch us in the depths of our hearts 
and lead us in the way of truth. In Your name we pray. Amen.

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