[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              AFTER RECESS

  The recess having expired, the House was called to order at 2 p.m.
  The Reverend Joseph A. Escobar, Pastor, St. Anthony's Catholic 
Church, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, offered the following prayer:
  Let us remember that we are one Nation under God.
  O God, our help, our justice, hear our prayer as we begin this 
session of the House of Representatives. Enlighten our deliberations by 
the light of Your law, so that our legislation may reflect Your divine 
wisdom. May we keep before our eyes the truth that we have been created 
in Your image, that each man and woman has a dignity which we have been 
empowered to preserve and to protect.
  Help us to see that dignity in each other and in those who have 
empowered us to serve. May we build a society wherein we can live in a 
harmony which reflects the harmony in which You created our world. We 
place our confidence in Your saving help this day and every day, for in 
You we trust. Amen.

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