[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 149 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S8963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Peter Marshall, Jr., Orleans, MA, offered 
the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Heavenly Father, I pray for the men and women of this Chamber, who by 
Your mercy have been granted the high privilege of being a U.S. 
Senator. Make them mindful, O God, that they hold their office as a 
public trust; that they are first responsible, not to their 
constituents or each other, but to You, as men and women who will one 
day stand before Your throne to give account for their lives. Father, 
if any of them are laboring under the jaded cynicism that can come from 
years spent in the political process, cleanse them from it. Father, 
grant them a renewed vision of the nobility of a life spent in public 
service. Fire their hearts, O God, with the love of truth and honest 
dealing, that they may rise above mere vote trading and the 
blandishments of lobbyists and do that which is right in Your sight.
  Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.

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