[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Of all the good gifts that come our way and with all the good spirit 
that flows from above, we cherish the blessings of thanksgiving and 
praise. O gracious God, from whom all blessings flow, teach us to 
remember that spirit that truly marks us as human, the spirit of 
thankfulness, of appreciation and of celebration. And in that spirit of 
exaltation, we express our thanks to You, O God, for all the gifts we 
have received, the gifts of faith and hope and love, and may we take 
those gifts and express them in our daily life with deeds of justice to 
all members of the human family.
  This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

                          ____________________