[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 39 (Thursday, March 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Paul Lavin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, by the mouth of Your prophet Amos You tell us:
  I hate and despise your feasts, I want no more of your burnt 
offerings, Let me have no more of the din of your chanting, no more of 
the strumming of your harps. But let justice flow like water, and 
integrity like an unfailing stream.
  Help us understand that our only feast acceptable in Your sight will 
be our assistance to the poor and support of the oppressed. Let the 
practice of justice be the song of our Nation and let each of us offer 
a contrite and humble heart. Then when we lift up our voices in song to 
You our hearts will be clean and You will love our song.


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