[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  The House met at 10 a.m.
  His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All 
Armenians, Holy Etchmiadzin, Republic of Armenia, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, we thank You for bestowing us with the grace to pray today for 
the leaders of this Nation who labor in the universal cause of liberty 
and justice. Increase their wisdom and resolution. Their actions grant 
inspiration and fulfillment to the desire for justice that lives in 
every heart. Our Father in heaven, render guidance to all nations, 
including the Republic of Armenia, our homeland and center of our 
faith, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
  With a solemn burden of history, we remember the victims of the 
genocide of the Armenians, the consequences of which are still felt by 
the entire world in new manifestations of genocide. Grant rest to the 
souls of all victims of crimes against humanity and bestow peace and 
justice on their descendants. Give pause to those who trample life, 
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  Lord, bless this land and people. Grant peace and safety to America's 
sons and daughters who serve their Nation abroad. May the United States 
continue her mission as a great beacon of hope. Amen.

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