[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, September 22, 2005


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Anthony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue 
Mission, Charlotte, North Carolina, offered the following prayer:
  I come as a Christian and invite you in your own faith to pray with 
me now.
  God our Father,
  We come before You with passionate hearts and minds for the people we 
represent and this land we love.
  I ask You to bless these Representatives. You know their heart for 
their constituency, their hope for this country and prayer for peace in 
our world. You have witnessed the agony they feel when decisions are 
made and votes are cast in the best interest of this country. Let their 
vote be with integrity, even if it means being misunderstood for the 
position they have taken on the matter at hand.
  I ask Your blessing, not for their honor, but on this land You have 
entrusted to their care. When their term is finished and they no longer 
darken these hallowed halls, may America remember their character, 
demonstrated by the decisions they will have made.
  Give them Your wisdom, and discernment that they may demonstrate Your 
love.
  Amen.

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