[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 93 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend John M. O'Neill, Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel 
Catholic Church, Vienna, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  God our Father, praise and honor and glory and power forever. Praised 
be Your Holy Spirit.
  Lord God, we come before You this day. Open our hearts and minds to 
Your words and Divine Will today and every day. Help us to learn Your 
desires for our lives. Encourage us, through the assistance of those 
here present, our representatives, to always follow Your lead and to 
avoid straying from Your compassionate love.
  Guide us in our deliberations during this session of Congress and 
counsel us always to be Your faithful children.
  We especially pray, Lord, that You guide the leaders of our Nation 
and extend Your loving protection to our men and women serving in our 
Armed Forces around the world, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq. 
Grant us the peace which is the fruit of justice and charity, and may 
Your peace reign in our land and throughout the world. Amen.

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