[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Father Robert J. Sweeney, National Chaplain of 
the American Legion, Greenwood Lake, NY, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  God of our fathers; throughout the history of this great and glorious 
Nation, our leaders have turned to You for guidance. On bended knee, 
from Bunker Hill to Gettysburg, our leaders have called upon Your 
consoling presence. Help us to realize that our Nation has been 
consecrated to Your service. Aware of the obligation that goes hand in 
hand with this responsibility, may we help all those in need.
  We acknowledge that we are ``one Nation under God.'' We seek Your 
righteousness. Stretch forth Your healing wings that we might follow 
Your example of healing and stretch forth our hands in a generous 
spirit, as we have heard: ``It is more blessed to give than to 
receive.''--Acts 20:35.
  Omnipotent Father, be with the women and men of this Senate. Grant 
unto them Your grace; open their hearts and minds that they may hear 
the needs of their constituents and respond for the common good of all.
  Send Your Spirit upon us and take away our doubts and fears that we 
might join together, without regard to political affiliations. Bless 
our Senators. May they be prudent and wise and ever aware of Your 
presence. May they always advance the cause of peace with justice 
throughout the world. Amen.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The able senior Senator from New Mexico is 
recognized.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the distinguished President.

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