[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17754]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Lawrence Hargrave, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity 
School, Rochester, New York, offered the following prayer:
  God, we thank You for this new day before us, the gift of the days 
past, and the grace that has brought us thus far. We in this place are 
blessed beyond measure. We who have been created in Your image have the 
charge to love You and love our neighbors. You have given us the 
ability to end hunger, eradicate disease, eliminate poverty, and 
emulate peace.
  God, we pray for the will to do so. Help us to remember the least, 
the lost, and the left out. Please give us the courage to stand for 
justice for all. God, please let our love for one another be our 
witness to who You are. God, let justice roll down like water and 
righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. You have told us to ``do 
justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.'' Let us begin again 
with You today. Amen.

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