[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Msgr. Peter Vaghi, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, we call upon You this day. Make each one of us more 
deeply conscious of Your presence in our midst and in our lives. 
Because of You, ``we live and move and have our being.''--Acts 17:28. O 
Lord, help us see You more clearly in all that we do and are--
particularly in this Chamber where laws are made.
  It is Your law, after all, the law of love which You continue to 
inscribe on our hearts which alone gives us peace. Lifting our hearts 
and voices to You, we pray on this June day that ancient Hebrew psalm: 
``O Lord, great peace have they who love Your law.''--Psalm 119.
  As servants and guardians of the law on Earth, give us that peace in 
abundance. Fill us with Your peace and love, a love which makes us ever 
more sensitive and vigilant to You and Your presence in those we are 
called to serve.
  Almighty Father, continue to encourage us in all our humble efforts 
carried out in Your life-giving name. Amen.
  Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The able Senator from New Mexico.

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