[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1393]
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:
  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not 
love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.--I 
Corinthians 13:1.
  Loving God, let Thy love be shed abroad in our hearts. Thy Word 
declares that love is the fulfilling of the law. Help us to love Thee 
with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves.
  As the Congress settles down to the demanding work of legislation, 
energize them mentally and physically and emotionally. Deliver them 
from discouragement and frustration. Help them in their deliberations 
and debate to distinguish between substance and semantics--between 
rhetoric and reality. Free them from personal and partisan 
preoccupation that would defeat their aspirations and deprive the 
people of just and equitable solutions.
  Lead us, O God of Love, in the way of peace and unity. Bind us 
together that we may be strong as a nation and provide for the world 
the leadership which the Divine economy intends. Guide us in Thy way 
and in Thy will.
  We ask this for Thy glory in the name of Thy Son whose love and 
sacrifice encompasses all people. Amen.


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