[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Paul Lavin, of St. Joseph's Catholic 
Church, offered the following prayer:
  In Psalm 72 we read:
  O God, give your judgment to those who govern. That they may govern 
your people with justice, That the mountains may yield their bounty for 
the people, and the hills their great abundance. That they may defend 
the oppressed among the people, save the poor and crush the oppressor.
  Let us pray:
  Good and gracious God. You guide and govern everything with order and 
love.
  Look upon the men and women of this U.S. Senate and fill them with 
Your wisdom.
  May these Senators and those who work with them always act in 
accordance with Your will and may their decisions be for the peace and 
well-being of our Nation and of all the world. Amen.


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