[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman, Washington Hebrew 
Congregation, offered the following prayer:
  Oh God, Creator of all, we turn to Thee for we are ever in need of 
Thy help. Grant us the vision to see light in Thy light so that we 
might seek the good of our Nation in conformity with Thy laws of 
justice.
  May our personal conduct and our work as legislators be prompted by 
righteousness and compassion and bear fruit in goodness and peace. May 
what we do enhance the well-being of all citizens, diminish the evils 
that beset us and enlarge our Nation's virtues.
  O, Thou who didst create order out of chaos, help us create order in 
the lives and relations of human beings so that all might dwell in 
safety and none make them afraid. Amen.

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