[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  In a moment of silence, let us remember Senator Kennedy and the whole 
Kennedy family in the loss of the remarkable, resilient, Rose Kennedy.
  Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
established.--Proverbs 16:3.
  Eternal God, omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all-wise), and 
omniscient (everywhere at once), we come to Thee on behalf of the 
Senators and their legislative staffs. Decisions are often difficult to 
make, even when they involve only ourselves or our families; but 
decisions made here impact States, counties, cities, and millions of 
people.
  Gracious, all-knowing Lord, grant to these decisionmakers, aware of 
their limitations and fallibility, wisdom from above as they struggle 
to fulfill the mandates which they believe were expressed by the people 
in the last election. Grant the Senators grace to commit their works 
unto Thee, that their thoughts may be established in the light of 
truth.
  We pray in His name who is the Light of the World. Amen.
  

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