[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16552-16553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Father Mark Moretti, Assistant Pastor, St. Rita's 
Catholic

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Church, Alexandria, Virginia, and Chaplain for Diplomatic Security, the 
State Department, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, in times of tragedy, words fail to express our sense 
of loss or grief. Our human weakness lays claim to Your strength. We 
rest in You. We depend on Your care. Console us with the truth that in 
all the events of human life, the happy and the sad, Your presence and 
Your love will never depart. Help us to remember that with all of the 
blessings of this life that You have given us, we hope for a greater 
life with You, where there will be no sorrow, no tears, and no pain, 
but only the fullness of peace and joy. We ask this in Your holy name. 
Amen.

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