[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H449]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Ronald F. Christian, Director, Lutheran Social Services 
of Fairfax, VA, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Your glory is made known in the heavens, and the 
firmament declares Your handiwork.
  With the signs of Your creative goodness all about us, we must 
acknowledge Your presence in our world, through Your people, and within 
us all.
  So, therefore, we pray for Your mercy when our ways are stubborn or 
uncompromising and not at all akin to Your desires.
  We pray for Your guidance in the choices and chances of life, so that 
Your wisdom will inform our decisions.
  And, we pray for Your grace so that we can place the consideration of 
others before the promotion of self.
  For Herculean efforts given by common folk who serve their brothers 
and sisters every day in quiet love without the herald of trumpet or 
headline, we give You thanks, O God.
  And, for the Olympian challenges faced every day by courageous people 
who are struck down by disease or destruction, we ask O God, for Your 
intercession.
  Bless our days and our deeds in Your peace. Amen

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