[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Sister Catherine Moran, O.P., New Community Corporation, Newark, New 
Jersey, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God,
  As Members of the House of Representatives meet today, give this 
Nation the strength and wisdom to follow Your way.
  By Your gentle prodding, Lord, help those elected to public office to 
act on the promises made to those who rely on them.
  By loosening the bonds that have held Your people in the past, may 
this body give service to all.
  In deliberating and making decisions, may the poor and the oppressed 
never be forgotten.
  With Your guidance, Lord, may Your servants be instrumental in 
fashioning a better tomorrow for all.
  We ask Your blessing on the work of this Congress and we thank You 
for Your presence among us.
  Amen.

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