[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 66 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Richard B. Foth, Assemblies of God, 
Arlington, VA, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, we come to You on this magnificent spring day with 
grateful hearts for the ways in which You speak to us. With all 
creation shouting ``new life,'' we ourselves ask for refreshing and 
vigor from Your spirit as we begin a new week.
  Each Senator here carries more burdens, personal and corporate, than 
most of us can fathom. The challenge of carrying a vision for the 
Nation, while holding in concert the philosophy of party and the needs 
of particular States is always with them. Help these chosen men and 
women, whom You have gifted, to be firmly grounded in principle while 
dealing on every hand with issues that insist on pragmatic solutions.
  We acknowledge on this Monday in May that we cannot enact enough laws 
to solve the deepest challenges of every American, but we can have open 
hearts toward You and toward each other. In these Chambers, where 
battles of philosophy and budget can wear public servants out, let 
trust that nurtures life keep knocking at the door.
  In the name of Him who gives us life and that more abundantly, we 
pray these things. Amen.

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