[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 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:
  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for 
his friends.--John 15:13.
  God of infinite love, grace and mercy, justice and peace, our minds 
and hearts have been overwhelmed this past week as we celebrated the 
50th anniversary of D-day. The gathering of great crowds, the presence 
and words of national leaders, the testimony of veterans and the 
memories which were triggered, cause us to be unspeakably grateful for 
the unnumbered sacrifices and dedication to duty.
  Gracious Sovereign Lord, we recalled how war united us as a nation 
and how easily we are fragmented in times of peace. Help us comprehend 
that self-alienation from God is the root of all alienation. It is so 
easy to forget the faith that inspired and guided our Founding 
Fathers--so easy to live as though God is unimportant or nonexistent as 
we allow alienation to divide and destroy our Nation and our world.
  Forgive our secularism, our godlessness--restore us in the faith of 
our fathers and lead us in the way of truth and love and peace.
  We pray in His name who was incarnate truth and love. Amen.

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