[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 43 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1409]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at noon.
  Father Martin G. Heinz, Director of Vocations, Diocese of Rockford, 
Rockford, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty Father, Creator of all things, we admire the work of Your 
hands and Your power in the world. We beg Your blessings as we raise 
our minds and hearts to You at the beginning of this congressional day. 
We ask Your guidance on all that we shall do and say over the 
resolutions passed and the conversations that bring us to our 
decisions. In all this, may we give honor and glory to You. You who 
protect our land, You who protect our people. Through this country's 
laws may its citizens grow in character and develop with dignity. May 
we grow in fidelity to Your wisdom so that this country may grow in the 
knowledge of Your love. Inspire our work in such a way that we never 
lose sight of our ultimate goal, the people of this country, 
strengthened through You, because of the laws we pass. We ask this 
through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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