[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Father Allen P. Novotny, S.J., offered the 
following prayer:
  Almighty God, we acknowledge at the beginning of these deliberations 
that all power in our world is from You. May Your power become a 
reality in our lives and in our Nation: the power of You, our God--the 
power of truth, the power of justice, the power of holiness, the power 
of love.
  May this power fire the hearts of the women and men of this Senate. 
May this power reach out through their hands to build up our Nation, to 
overcome all obstacles, to cross all distances, to give life and hope 
and care and dignity to each other and to all our people.
  In a spirit of humility, may they accept the gift of this power and 
the responsibility it enjoins on them. May they commit themselves to 
the hard work of freedom and justice--the work of You, our God, which 
leads to understanding. Amen.

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