[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  O gracious God, the author of life and truth, be in our hearts this 
day with a message of faith and hope and love. May our faith be strong 
enough to stand against the schemes of evil that seek to turn people 
against one another; may our hope allow us to see a better and brighter 
day and honor the possibilities of the human experience; and may our 
love bind us together in such a way that we encourage one another, bear 
each other's burdens, and honor together all the gifts that You have so 
freely given to us. In Your name we pray. Amen.

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