[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are grateful, O God, that Your word points us in the way of peace 
and reconciliation in our lives, our communities, and in our world. And 
just as Your design calls us to be Your people and to do Your will, so 
too You have given us minds and strength to use in ways that heal the 
wounds of division in the land and promote justice for every person. 
Thus we pray, gracious God, for discernment and wisdom in our common 
tasks, that we will use the abilities You have given us in honor of all 
and in service to every person. In Your name we pray, amen.

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