[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  May our hearts be open, O gracious God, to the greatness and wonder 
and beauty of Your creation. We know that often we set our sights too 
low and our eyes do not see Your grace and our souls do not welcome 
Your gifts. On this day we pray, O God, that in spite of all the 
necessary tasks that need to be done, we would hear Your voice that 
calls us to the blessings of prayer, praise and thanksgiving. For all 
Your wonders and all Your love to us and to all people we offer this 
our earnest prayer. Amen.

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