[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Metropolitan Stephan F. Petrovich, Archbishop and Primate of New 
York, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the U.S.A., offered 
the following prayer:
  All powerful God, You know the hearts of all people and guide all 
things under Your powerful protection. Help us to always acknowledge 
Your greatness in comparison to our own human frailty and guide us as 
we continue to work to make Your will to be done on this Earth.
  Bless our Nation which is founded on trust in You. Make us always 
grateful for the freedoms and blessings we enjoy in this great land of 
prosperity and mindful of the principles of liberty and justice for 
all, which our founding fathers and mothers have instilled in us.
  In Your divine mercy, guide our Nation's leaders, our elected 
officials and especially these men and women here today, always keeping 
in mind these awesome principles upon which our country is founded, 
never to forget that You call us all not to work for self-glory but to 
serve the greater good and always make them worthy of the work 
entrusted to them.
  We ask You, O God, to give us the courage to work for peace in the 
whole world, that the example we give may lead others to sincerely 
desire the furtherance of the right to the pursuit of happiness for all 
humankind.
  Amen.

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