[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4035]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders, Third Street Church of God, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, we lift hearts full of gratitude to You on this day that 
You have made, thanking You for the invitation to rejoice and be glad 
in it. We give thanks for the women and men of this House of 
Representatives.
  Make Your presence and Your purpose come alive in their deliberations 
and debates today. By Your spirit, please empower their leadership and 
legislative process. Through them extend Your blessing to every family 
and community represented here today, Your grace to those without 
representation, Your equity to the poor, Your peace to the troubled, 
Your light to those in despair.
  Grant us all full access to the healing resources and reconciling 
justice You have ordained for our Nation.
  In Your name we pray. Amen.

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