[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 59 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Our God, thank You for being with us today and every day. Please draw 
near to us here now in the United States Senate as our Senators labor 
to accomplish tasks that will benefit Your people the world over.
  Lord, You have placed each and every Senator in their positions for 
this time in our Nation's and the world's history. Impress upon them 
altogether how You have handpicked them for the affairs at hand. May 
they seek Your guidance and direction in every discussion, deliberation 
and vote. Grant them the light of Your presence that leads nearer to 
the kingdom You are building.
  Thank You for all those who have gone before us. May we in this 
generation continue to pass on the legacy of exceptional leadership our 
country's ancestors left to us. We ask these things boldly in Your 
powerful Name. Amen.

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