[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  When we think of people and their needs, we know we can offer our 
prayers for ourselves and for all people. When we see illness, we pray 
that You, O God, would give renewed strength and make whole; when we 
see alienation or estrangement, we know that we can pray for Your gift 
of reconciliation and understanding; when we see wars or conflict, we 
pray that hostilities would ease and peace would reign; when we see a 
lack of spirit so that faith is not there and meaninglessness is 
widespread, then we pray, O God, give us hearts that are open to Your 
grace and Your love.
  Bless us and all Your people this day we pray. Amen.

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