[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  The House met at 2 p.m.
  The Reverend Michael J. Cronin, student, the Catholic University of 
America, Washington, D.C., and priest, Diocese of Winona, Minnesota, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty and eternal God, in Your great mercy, You have revealed Your 
glory to all the nations. Let the light of Your divine wisdom direct 
the deliberations of Congress and shine forth in all these proceedings 
and laws framed for our government. May those who serve in this body be 
enabled by Your powerful protection to discharge their duties with 
honesty and integrity. May they seek to preserve peace, promote 
national happiness, and continue to bring us the blessings of liberty 
and equality. May all people in this great land be preserved in union 
and peace and, after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted 
to those which are eternal. We pray to You, who are Lord and God, 
forever and ever. Amen.

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