[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  We recognize, O gracious God, that prayer is a practice that unites 
people as no other act can do, and we realize that by prayer we can put 
aside that which divides us and join with a common voice in words of 
praise, petition, and thanksgiving.
  On this day we recall all who have any special need; those who seek 
healing and wholeness, those who yearn for peace and concord, those who 
are hungry or homeless, those who seek friendship and support. We ask 
for Your blessing, O God, that we will be filled with a new sense of 
purpose and mission so that in all things we will do justice, love 
mercy, and ever walk humbly with You. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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