[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 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.
  Let us observe a moment of silence in memory of Jacqueline Kennedy 
Onassis, her family, her friends, and the whole world which mourns her 
loss.
  For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of 
God.--Romans 13:1.
  Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
established.--Proverbs 16:3.
  Eternal God, we thank Thee for the sovereign order of God--that those 
who hold public office do so, not simply because they sought it and 
won--but because God had ordained them for His purpose and plan. And we 
thank Thee that Thou hast promised to establish their thoughts as they 
commit their works unto Thee.
  Omniscient Lord, Thou knowest each Senator and each staff member in 
microscopic detail, the circumstances from which each comes; the future 
unto which each goes, and the present condition of each. And You have a 
purpose and plan for each. Forgive us, gentle, gracious God, for our 
indifference, our rejection of Your love, Your care, Your guidance. 
Awaken us to our need of Thee, our poverty of spirit without Thee, our 
blindness when we do not walk in Thy light.
  We pray in His name who is the Light of the World. Amen.

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