[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21982]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. Paul Lavin, offered the following prayer:
  In the words of Saint Paul's letter to the Romans we hear:
  For by the grace given to me I tell everyone among you not to think 
of himself more highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly, 
each according to the measure to faith that God has apportioned. For as 
in one body we have many parts, and all the parts do not have the same 
function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ and individually 
parts of one another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the 
grace given us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the 
faith; if ministry, in ministering, if one is a teacher, in teaching; 
if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if 
one is over others, with diligence; if one does acts of mercy, with 
cheerfulness.
  Let us pray.
  Direct, O Lord all our actions by Your inspiration and carry them on 
by Your assistance so that every prayer and action may begin in You and 
by You be happily ended. Glory and praise to You for ever and ever. 
Amen.

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