[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 29980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Monsignor Barry Knestout, Archdiocese of Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, we bless You and praise You for Your generous gifts of life 
and love. Lead us to love one another in humility.
  O Lord our God, we beseech You and ask for the gifts we need. Help 
this Congress in its deliberations and decisions. Renew us in the 
spirit of cooperation. Show us the course we are to take.
  Let Your Spirit guide and strengthen us to always perform what is for 
the true and lasting good of this great Nation. Help us to find ways, 
in word and deed, to defend the innocent, to deliver the oppressed, to 
pity the insignificant, and show generosity to the needy. Help us this 
day and each day to keep Your commands and to ever rejoice in Your 
glorious and life-giving presence. Amen.

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