[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend John Roller, Pastor Emeritus, St. Thomas Becket Parish, 
Mt. Prospect, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  God and Father of us all, You are the primary cause of our joy, the 
reason for our hope, and the source of our peace. We believe that in 
You we live and move and have our being.
  Filled with confidence, we bring our needs before You, for You are a 
shepherd who leads us and a light who guides us. Moreover, You are our 
God who loves us, whose hand is so discernibly present in everything we 
are and do.
  Loving Father, we may be very good at coming to You and asking. Help 
us to be just as prompt in thanking You for Your gifts, many of which 
we receive without asking or even being aware.
  Once again, in this past weekend of remembrance, we have been made so 
keenly aware that Your hand has always been upon us. You have blessed 
us with citizenship in this powerful and potentially great Nation; the 
call to sit in deliberation as part of this notable Congress; and the 
awareness that we are all Your chosen sons and daughters. Always we are 
the recipients of Your love which we will never fully comprehend.
  For all of Your gifts, loving Father, we beg You to accept our humble 
and heartfelt gratitude.
  Amen.

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