[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5781]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Reverend Bruce Mackenzie, First Congregational Church, Boulder, 
CO, offered the following prayer:
  Oh God of a thousand names and faces, give light to our minds and 
hearts, fill our inmost depths with Your healing presence, wash what is 
soiled, heal what is painful, bend what is rigid, and lead us to 
fullness of life.
  Today we offer special gratitude for our Nation: for its freedoms 
that allow each of us to express our faith in varieties of ways and yet 
encourages respect for those who express their faith in different ways, 
and for its continuing concern for our whole Earth and the sharing with 
equity the resources of the world.
  Oh God with the vision of Your future, break us open to new ways of 
loving and caring for all Your children, so that Your kingdom may come 
on Earth. Amen.

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