[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, July 25, 2001

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Thomas A. Cappelloni, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, 
Scranton, Pennsylvania, offered the following prayer:
  Father, all powerful and everloving God, we praise Your oneness and 
truth.
  We laud You as the God of creation and the father of Jesus our 
Saviour. He enriches us with His witness of justice and truth. He lived 
and died that we might be reborn in the spirit and filled with love for 
all people.
  Once You chose a people, gave them a destiny, and when You brought 
them out of bondage to freedom, they carried with them the promise that 
all nations would be blessed and all people could be free. What the 
prophets pledged has come to pass in every generation. Our fathers came 
to this land as of out of the desert, into a place of promise and hope. 
In our time You still lead us to a blessed vision of peace.
  You guide everything in wisdom and love. Accept the prayer we offer 
for our Nation. By the wisdom of our representatives and the integrity 
of this Congress, may harmony and justice be secured in lasting 
prosperity and peace.
  These men and women stretch out their hands to share with You the 
government of Your holy people. Protect them by Your grace. Look upon 
this assembly of our national leaders and give them Your spirit of 
wisdom. May they always act in accordance with Your will and let their 
decisions be for the peace and the well-being of all.
  We ask this through the holy name of our Lord. Amen.

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