[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20802]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Monsignor Kenneth Velo, Office of Catholic 
Collaboration, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, offered the 
following prayer:
  E Pluribus Unum, out of many one, is not only an expression 
fundamental to these United States but also a reality we experience so 
often and one you visit each day as you seek consensus in this great 
Chamber.
  So many differences, yet one great Nation, America. If there is one 
desire we all have, I believe it is peace. We bow our heads this 
morning, for though there are varied religious traditions here, it is 
faith and service that calls us together.
  Our prayer this day includes family and friends, young and old. Our 
thoughts embrace the poor, the sick, the less fortunate. Our 
remembrances recall our beloved dead. For the people of the Middle 
East, for our women and men in uniform serving there and beyond, give 
peace, O God, give peace again.
  For our brothers and sisters on the gulf coast and in particular New 
Orleans, Biloxi, and these days Texas as well, give peace, O God, give 
peace again.
  For those who suffer in mind or body, those in pain from grief or 
loss, give peace, O God, give peace again.
  May those who are homeless have shelter, the sick have comfort, and 
the dying have dignity. May those who are hungry have bread, and may we 
who have bread hunger for justice and peace.
  Amen.

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