[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  We know how simple it is to talk about matters of faith, and how easy 
it is to speak of the relevance of religion for ourselves and for our 
Nation. Yet, O God, we know that there is often a chasm between what we 
say and what we do.
  On this day we pray that our good words of faith will find meaning in 
the good works of justice in our daily lives, and all that we profess 
with our


mouths and all that we believe in our hearts will be translated into 
deeds of concern and acts of love.
  Help us, gracious God, to make our lives vital and with special 
purpose by making faith active in love. Amen.

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