[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21220]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Kathleene Card, Associate Pastor, Trinity United 
Methodist Church, McLean, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, You are the Sovereign Lord of our Nation, and we thank You 
for Your eternal blessings. We are confident that nothing can separate 
us from You. That even in the face of recent challenges, You are always 
with us.
  So, in humble surrender to Your direction, we come to You from many 
faith traditions, yet we come united as one truly ecumenical body, 
aware that we are vulnerable alone.
  We need You, God; we need each other. We seek Your direction for the 
Members of this House of Representatives and those who work with them 
as they seek to represent all the people of the United States of 
America. We know that You care personally for each of us.
  And so we pause at the beginning of this session to ask You to open 
our hearts and our minds so we can discern Your will for our Nation in 
this time of tremendous national grief and loss. Please deepen our 
ability to love and understand each other. Let us see this remarkable 
world of Yours without fear.
  We come also seeking Your sacred intercession for all the men and 
women who have been placed in harm's way while serving to defend and 
protect our Nation.
  For those who serve You here in this House, let them be wise leaders, 
Lord. Let them be led by You.
  And may all honor and glory be Yours, our God. Amen.

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