[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Timothy Smith, Chaplain, Sun Health Hospice, Sun City, 
Arizona, offered the following prayer:
  Our Loving Father, we pause now before taking up the duties of this 
day. We pause to turn our thoughts to You. We acknowledge that in our 
own strength and wisdom, we are not sufficient for the challenges of 
the hour.
  We unite now to bring to You the Members of this House for Your 
blessing. May each one today feel the strength and power of Your grace. 
Amid the many voices crying out to be heard and the agonizing problems 
to be faced, may they listen for Your still, small voice.
  Grace each Member with Your spirit, that their hope be renewed and 
their vision revived. And bless their families and loved ones, each 
one, guarding and keeping them in the safety of Your hand.
  May Your will for this Nation be done through these, Your servants, 
placed here by the people. We need Your help today, Father, and we do 
humbly seek it. In Your holy name. Amen.

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