[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Samer Youssef, Antiochian Orthodox Church of the 
Redeemer, Los Altos Hills, California, offered the following prayer:
  O God, who miraculously revealed Your teaching that evil cannot be 
overcome except by good, in the preserved pages of the Scriptures 
recovered from the arsonist-burned Antiochian Orthodox Church of the 
Redeemer in Los Altos Hills, California, on April 7, 2002, where we 
read: ``You have heard an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I 
say to you do not resist the one who is evil, but if anyone strikes you 
on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.''
  I beseech You, O Lord, on behalf of these Your servants who are 
gathered here together under Your divine authority, the Members of this 
House of Representatives, to guide them in all goodness and 
righteousness for the welfare of this Nation. Bestow Your grace, 
wisdom, and strength upon them. Protect them at all times. Enlighten 
their hearts and minds to be instruments of Your love and compassion in 
leading this great Nation as it seeks to offer Your principles of peace 
and justice to the entire world; now and ever and unto ages of ages. 
Amen.

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