[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 128 (Saturday, October 9, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H9053]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at noon.
  The Reverend Stephen J. Rossetti, President, St. Luke Institute, 
Silver Spring, Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  Good and gracious God, we gather in a time of challenge. We labor 
long and hard for peace, but continue to be visited by war. We work 
hard for unity, but continue to be plagued with conflict and division. 
We strive for charity among sisters and brothers, but experience so 
much hatred in our world.
  Give us the grace to know that it is You who are the source of our 
unity and our peace, You who are the one God, living and true. It is 
You who unites us.
  Bring peace to our world, peace to our families, and peace to our 
hearts. Bind us together in harmony across the divisions and aisles of 
life. Make us one in unity and love.
  And when we have finally looked upon the face of unity, the face of 
charity, and the face of peace, it will be Your beautiful face we have 
gazed upon.
  We make this prayer in God's name. Amen.

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