[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Enable us, O gracious God, to lift our hearts and souls above the 
commotion of the moment and the busy tasks that are before us, to offer 
our thanks and praise for the innumerable blessings and benefits which 
You have given to us and to all people. May our spirits transcend the 
obligations and duties that must be accomplished in our daily lives to 
catch a spiritual vision where justice is our byword and service to 
others our great joy.
  With this prayer of thanksgiving we offer to You, O God, our 
appreciation that we can live lives of promise and commitment and in a 
world that is often confused and bewildering, we can have a sense of 
fulfillment and satisfaction.
  In Your holy name, we pray. Amen.

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