[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 137 (Monday, October 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9351]
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:
  O gracious God, from the beginning You have known us and Your grace 
has been our constant blessing, and so we pray on this day that Your 
gifts will be upon us depending on our need and our concerns. If lives 
need healing or recovery, grant strength and hope; if lives need 
forgiveness, grant mercy and pardon; if lives need vision beyond self-
centered designs, grant the freedom of truth and the openness that 
comes when we see others as created by Your eternal hand. So we thank 
You, O God, that we can all share in Your blessings and in the bounty 
of Your free gifts. Bless us this day and everyday, we pray. Amen.

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