[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, President, St. Luke Institute, Silver 
Spring, Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  Good and gracious God, we embark upon a new year with hearts full of 
hope. We hope for a new age of peace in a world torn by violence. We 
hope for an increase of faith, which opens us to the sacredness of all 
You have made. We hope for an increase of love, to quell the fires of 
hatred.
  Perhaps we are asking for a miracle, but it is You who are the author 
of miracles. And all that we see is a miracle formed in Your mind and 
made in Your image.
  May 2008 be a year of miracles: a time of peace, a vision of faith, 
and an outpouring of love.
  You see, Lord, we are a people of hope. And we know that You will not 
disappoint.
  We pray this as we pray all things, in Your most wonderful name. 
Amen.

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