[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. John Putka, Department of Political Science, 
University of Dayton, Ohio, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God and Father of us all, we stand in Your presence and lift 
our minds and hearts in prayer.
  As we gather in this place of ongoing history, we pray for the 
Members of this House, chosen by our fellow citizens to represent us in 
the governance of our Nation. We ask You to bless them and all who 
assist them, so that Your laws may be reflected in our laws, and Your 
ways may become our ways.
  We ask, in the words of the prophet Isaiah, that You send Your spirit 
upon them, a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel 
and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. We make 
this prayer in Your most holy name. Amen.

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