[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, May 2, 2001

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  His Eminence Archbishop Michael J. Champion, Coadjutor to the 
Primate, Archbishop of Cleveland, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 
Church in the U.S.A., offered the following prayer:
  O God, we acknowledge Your greatness and power over all things in the 
universe. We know that our lives, with their accomplishments and goals, 
their victories and advancements, are like grains of sand in the ocean 
compared to Your all-knowing and wonderful goodness. Help us to see any 
progress we make in this life to be truly a gift from You and a 
reflection of Your loving concern for all humanity.
  Teach us to work for peace and justice and to remember that every 
good thing comes from You above, the God of light. Give us sincere 
compassion for those who need our help the most and make us always 
realize that preferential love for the poor and marginalized, whom we 
are destined to serve, for when we speak on behalf of those who have no 
voice and work for the betterment of those who otherwise could not help 
themselves, we are not only doing Your work, but ministering to You in 
the least of our brothers or sisters.
  Guide these women and men, O God, to always work for the type of 
justice that reflects Your will and bless our Nation along the path of 
peace. Since You, O God, know the name and need of each person, even 
from their birth into this world, grant all people of our country the 
good things for which they ask, and lead us all with Your wisdom and 
mercy. Amen.

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