[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We thank You for Your spirit, O God, that dwells in us in all the 
moments of life, whether in joy or sorrow, celebration or mourning, in 
peace or in pain. We are thankful this day, O God, for those times of 
joy and celebration that can mark our lives, and we are grateful that 
Your spirit abides in our hearts. At this beginning of our week, we 
acknowledge Your wonderful gifts to us and to all people and pray that 
Your blessings of grace and peace will be with us this day and every 
day. Amen.

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