[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Father Chad Hatfield, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray to the Lord.
  O Lord, grant to the Members of this Senate peace in the coming day, 
helping them do all things in accordance with Your holy will. In every 
hour of this day, reveal Your will to them. Bless their dealings with 
one another. Teach them to treat all that comes to them throughout the 
day with peace of soul and the firm conviction that Your will governs 
all. In all their deeds and words, guide their thoughts and their 
feelings. In unforeseen events, let them not forget that all are sent 
by You. Teach every Member of this solemn assembly to act firmly and 
wisely without embittering and embarrassing others. Give them strength 
to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. 
Direct them, teaching them to pray. And, Yourself, pray in all of us. 
Amen.

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