[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Norvel Goff, Sr., Pastor, Baber African Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York, offered the following prayer:
  O God, our Heavenly Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, we come 
this day to thank You for last night's rest and early rising this 
morning. We come praying on behalf of and for the Members of Congress 
as they seek to know and to do Thy will for America and in the works of 
the House of Representatives.
  O most gracious God, who knows the secrets of our hearts and the 
thoughts of our minds, we humbly beseech You as we pray for peace 
throughout the world.
  We pray for our President of these United States of America, and the 
leaders around the world, that You will guide and direct them, that You 
would lead this world into a path of peace and happiness, truth and 
justice.
  Direct us, O Lord, in all of our endeavors, that in You we may 
glorify Your most holy name. These and many other blessings we ask in 
Jesus' name. Amen.

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