[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Long, of St. Agnes Parish, 
offered the following prayer:
  All powerful and ever-living God, in You we live and move and have 
our being. We ask You to look with favor on the Members of this Senate. 
Give them wisdom, strength, and vision in their deliberations. We 
humbly admit that we cannot discharge our duties without Your 
supernatural help. Our own natural abilities, unaided by Your 
assistance, are inadequate as we struggle to bring peace and justice 
throughout our beloved country and our world. You are the source of all 
the good that is in each one of us. Give us the insight and inspiration 
to meet the challenges that we face.
  O God, Maker and Lover of peace, to know You is to live, to serve You 
is to reign. All our faith is in Your saving help. We offer this day to 
praise and glorify You in all we say and do. Amen.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The able Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. 
Santorum].

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