[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend David Nuss, Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to 
give You thanks.
  In a former time You chose a people and ascribed a destiny to them. 
The light of freedom they carried then, burns brightly now, dispelling 
the darkness and the shadow of death.
  Your goodness, O God, has come to pass in every American generation. 
It happened to our ancestors, who came to this land as if out of the 
desert into a place of promise. It happens to us still as you guide our 
Nation into the way of peace.
  Lord God, lavish Your blessings today upon all the Members of this 
venerable Chamber. Protect and inspire our elected Representatives, and 
all who labor with them and for them so that they may work together for 
justice and bring forth peace.
  We trust in You, all-powerful God, who is and who was until the end 
of the ages. Amen.

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