[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15686]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Remind us, O gracious God, that we are to be doing the works of 
justice and mercy in our communities and in our world. And as we seek 
to do the works of justice remind us again that we are not the message, 
but we are the messengers of reconciliation and peace and 
righteousness. We admit that we can become so involved in what we do 
that we promote ourselves and we become the focus instead of pointing 
to the way of truth and promoting the good works of justice for every 
person.
  May Your blessing, O God, that is new every morning be with us until 
the last moments of the day, abide with us this day now and evermore. 
Amen.

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