[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 44 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Ronald S. Escalante, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 
Alexandria, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty and ever-living God, You have revealed Your glory to all 
nations. Through You authority is rightly administered, laws are 
enacted, and judgment is decreed.
  Let the light of Your divine power and wisdom guide the deliberations 
of Congress, and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for 
our rule and government. They seek to preserve peace, promote national 
happiness, and continue to bring us the blessings of liberty and 
equality.
  We likewise commend to Your unbounded mercy all the citizens of the 
United States, that we may be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified 
in the observance of Your holy law. And after enjoying the blessings of 
this life, may we be admitted to those which are eternal.
  We pray to You, who are Lord and God, forever and ever. Amen.

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