[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 21, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Reverend Spyridon C. Papademetriou offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty and everlasting God, Father of all people everywhere, we bow 
in humble gratitude for the multitude of Thy mercies so richly showered 
upon us.
  We are grateful for this great Nation, conceived in liberty and 
dedicated to equality and justice for all. Our fathers trusted in Thee 
in the past; we beseech Thee, now and always, to strengthen our faith, 
too. Give our leaders clear vision to see Thy will as their duty, and 
inspire them with the might of Thy wisdom. Teach us that 
``righteousness exalts a nation.''
  Let us see clearly and follow faithfully the ideals that belong to 
our peace and the peace of the whole world for the sake of Thy kingdom 
on Earth as it is in Heaven. For Thou art our God, a God of love, 
mercy, and compassion, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

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