[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 21 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  In the main reading room of the Library of Congress there are eight 
large statues standing aloft giant marble columns. The statues 
represent eight categories of knowledge symbolic of civilized life and 
thought. Above the figure of Religion there are these words of Micah: 
``What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.''
  Lord God, as the Senate of these United States gathers today for its 
deliberations so we pray for each and every Senator. As lawmakers 
elected by the people of this great land, may their motive be solely 
justice. As leaders of this Nation who know many people and have deep 
and abiding relationships, as well as friendships, may they always love 
mercy when it comes to dealing with other humans so like themselves. 
But above all, Lord, may these women and men called to greatness know 
themselves so thoroughly that they will always walk humbly with You, 
now and forever. Amen.

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