[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Give us we pray, O gracious God, the vision to see Your will for 
righteousness in our world and give us attentive hearts to see the need 
for reconciliation and respect in our communities and in our 
institutions. We pray that Your good spirit will enlighten us with love 
in our own lives so that we will be the people You would have us be and 
do those works of justice that benefit every person. As we are open to 
Your spirit and armed with Your grace, may we then be empowered to be 
Your people in our daily lives. Bless us, O God, this day and every 
day, we pray. Amen.

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