[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 9:00 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  O gracious God, whose love is given freely to all creation and whose 
mercy is without end, accept our prayers and petitions this day.
  We place before You, O God, our thanksgivings and praise for all Your 
goodness to us and to all people, for You have blessed us when we did 
not deserve and You have healed us in spite of our errors. We confess 
that we have too often missed the mark and not been receptive to Your 
grace.
  Open our thoughts and minds to Your loving spirit, that we will be 
Your people and do the works of justice and of peace.
  In Your name we pray, Amen.

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