[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Most Reverend Thomas Wenski, Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, 
Florida, offered the following prayer:
  O God, all powerful Creator and loving father of all mankind, Maker 
of nature and nature's law:
  You are the source of the inalienable rights which our union was 
formed to protect and to promote.
  We ask You to look lovingly upon this Congress as its Members convene 
this morning to seek to provide for the common good of our people.
  You know what is in the human heart and You justly judge the 
rectitude of our intentions.
  May these representatives in their deliberations today be guided by 
Your wisdom.
  And, may they rely on the protection of Your Divine Providence which 
You in Your goodness have extended over our Nation from its beginnings.
  Amen.

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