[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend LeeAnn Schray, Georgetown Lutheran Church, Washington, 
DC, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, we give You thanks for this day and for the 
opportunities and challenges that it holds for us. We thank You for the 
Members of Congress and their staff. Every one is unique with their own 
talents and abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, but together they 
make this body strong. Show each of us, O God, the way we may best 
serve You this day. Give us wisdom in making decisions, honesty in 
speech and in action, compassion for those we serve, and courage to do 
what is right, that we may seek the good of all people and work for 
justice and peace in our Nation and in our world. In Your holy name we 
pray. Amen.

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