[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Father James Scherer, St. Paul the Apostle Church, 
Greensboro, North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  ``To do work carefully and well, with love and respect for the nature 
of our task and with due attention to its purpose, is to unite 
ourselves to God's will in our work.'' Thomas Merton.
  Lord, we have no idea where we are going. We do not even see the road 
ahead. We cannot know for certain where it will end. The fact that we 
think that we are following Your will does not necessarily mean that we 
are. We believe, however, the desire to please You does, in fact, 
please You. We hope we will never do anything apart from that desire. 
We know You will lead us by the right road. Therefore, we trust You 
always that You may lead us and we may not be lost. We will not fear, 
for You are ever with us, and You will never leave us to face our 
perils alone. Amen.

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