[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  With gratefulness and praise we begin a new week imploring Your mercy 
upon us, O God, and seeking Your blessings. We especially pray for 
those who have committed themselves to the work of ending hostilities 
in our world, and we pray for all those who seek to alleviate suffering 
or hunger or loneliness. For all those who are involved in bringing 
food to the hungry, shelter for the homeless, a comforting word to 
those who are alone, we offer these words of thanksgiving and 
appreciation.
  Bless, O God, those good people who in our own communities or in the 
world are agents of reconciliation and messengers of peace. For them we 
offer our prayer. Amen.

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