[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest.--Matthew 11:28.
  Gracious Father in Heaven, in a large family like the Senate many can 
be hurting and none of us know it. Powerful people have difficulty in 
exposing their vulnerability; powerless people are often ignored. Yet 
any of us may be hurting and in need of the encouragement of others. I 
think of the police officer whose mother is dying of cancer; of the 
food service person whose 19-year-old nephew was hit three times by a 
drive-by shooting and is in critical condition in the hospital; or the 
page who is lonesome for family and friends at home; or the staff 
person, struggling with finances or whose job is threatened.
  Loving God, help us to be sensitive to those around us. Help us to 
treat each other as persons, not numbers. Help us to be willing to 
share our hurts and accept a caring response from others. And above 
all, mighty God, help us to hear our Lord's invitation, ``Come unto me, 
all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.'' 
Help us to appreciate Your availability and to respond to Your 
expression of loving care.
  In His name who loved us and gave himself for us. Amen.

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