[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Ronald F. Christian, Director, Lutheran Social 
Services, Fairfax, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we acknowledge that Your mercy is great and it covers a 
multitude of our shortcomings. Your steadfast love is for each one and 
is unconditionally available to all. Your faithfulness is from 
generation to generation and is no respecter of persons.
  Therefore, O God, we seek Your guidance in our work and our words. We 
need Your wisdom for our debates and our decisions. And we humbly pray 
for peace in our time, for peace in our community, and for peace in our 
world. Amen.

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