[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6273]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are thankful, gracious God, that with all our differences of 
tradition and experience, and with the contrasts between us that mark 
our individuality, we are still bound together by Your creative spirit. 
We are grateful, O God, this spirit can unite us and make us whole, 
that this spirit can show us the way to live in harmony and concord, 
that this spirit can show us the power of faith and hope and love. 
Breathe into our hearts and souls, O God, this spirit of unity and 
peace, and may we so learn to live our lives that we testify to the 
wonder of Your grace. Bless us this day and every day, we pray. Amen.

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