[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Most Reverend Edward J. Slattery, Bishop, Diocese of Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, offered the following prayer:
  O God, Creator of us all, in Your love You have invited us to address 
You as Father; and therefore, Father, we call upon You and ask You to 
bless the members of our Nation's House of Representatives.
  Bestow upon our elected officials full gifts of wisdom and insight, 
courage and perseverance; that their capacity to know the truth might 
be deepened and their desire to choose the good strengthened.
  Turn their hearts to You, Father, and move them each day to pray for 
Your guidance, that they might lead our Nation in peace, preserve our 
cities in harmony, and guard our people and their liberties.
  Grant them so to love justice and fairness that the laws they enact 
this session might promote tolerance and equality, bring dignity and 
respect to the poor, and a message of hope and healing to Your world.
  Hear us, Father, we pray. Amen.

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