[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3977]
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:
  Help us, O gracious God, to remember that You are the creator of the 
world, the giver of life and the spirit that is within us. As we 
meditate on Your daily blessings, may we not only see Your gifts to us 
in our personal lives, but motivate us to see beyond ourselves and 
understand more clearly how we are all bound together as people sharing 
the mark of Your creation. So give us tolerance in our appreciation of 
other traditions, give us awareness of the needs of others, and give us 
responsive hearts to Your gifts. May Your benediction of grace and 
peace be with us now and evermore. Amen.

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