[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Ronald F. Christian, Chaplain, Lutheran Social 
Services, Fairfax, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  O, God of power and of love; we acknowledge You to be Creator of all 
things, both the great and the small; protector of all people, both the 
strong and the weak; and the source of hope for all people, both the 
proud and the forlorn.
  May our national and individual prayer, this day and always, be for 
peace in our time and our lives, mercy when our choices do more harm 
than good, courage to face our greatest challenges, and wisdom to know 
righteousness for our lives and, thereby, to live justly with our 
neighbor. Amen.

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