[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S2677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Barbara D. Henry, of the Episcopal 
Diocese of Washington, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers and 
privileges, we thank You for the rich resources of this Nation, and for 
the freedom to choose the men and women who make the laws of this land.
  Guide and bless our Senators here assembled. Give them strength and 
courage for their tasks, wisdom in their deliberations, and the 
foresight to provide for the well-being of our society. Fill them with 
the love of truth and righteousness, and make them ever mindful of 
their calling to serve the people whom they represent.
  Kindle in the hearts of all the people of this country, we pray, the 
true love of peace. Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil 
and to make no peace with oppression; and that we may reverently use 
the freedom with which we have been blessed, help us to employ it in 
the maintenance of justice in our communities and among the nations of 
the world.
  For Yours is the Kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as Head over 
all. Amen.--Adapted from prayers in ``The Book of Common Prayer,'' 
1979.


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