[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H4681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend W. Douglas Tanner, Jr., president, the Faith & Politics 
Institute, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, as Members of this House gather on this midsummer's day 
to be about the business of this Nation and its people, we pray that 
the conduct of that business may be transformed to Your will in both 
means and ends.
  Deliver us from temptations toward shallow, pious posturing, and 
grant us genuine insight into the spiritual dimensions of truly good 
government and wisdom in its pursuit. Call forth both courage and 
compassion in the consideration of substance, in the making of 
speeches, and in the casting of votes.
  In the rough and tumble world of national politics and the sometimes 
morally murky world of calculating strategies and cutting deals, awaken 
in each of us our true potential as instruments of Your peace. Amen.

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