[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  On this new day, our hearts and minds, our thoughts and feelings are 
open to Your good spirit, O God, and to the abundance of Your gifts and 
blessings. We recall the words of understanding and peace and 
tolerance; we remember the words of joy and wonder and thanksgiving and 
we are thrilled by words of unity and hope and love. On this special 
day, we pray that these good words will find a place in our hearts and 
that we will show forth in our lives the beauty and marvel of Your 
gifts to us and to all people. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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