[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Hiram H. Haywood, Jr., Archdiocese of 
Washington, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate 
Conception, Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  Lord our God, Almighty King, Most Gracious Father, we offer You our 
humble thanks for Your past blessings. We offer You all praise, all 
honor, and all glory.
  Heavenly Father, we humbly ask that we may always prove ourselves a 
people mindful of Your favor and glad to do Your will. Lord, please 
bless this great land of ours with honorable endeavor, sound learning, 
and pure manners.
  Almighty and ever living God, may You infuse the women and men of 
this august body, the Senate of the United States of America, with the 
wisdom to discern Your will and the courage and fortitude to implement 
it. Grant them the tenacity, at all times and in every place, to stand 
steadfast in Your faith. Amen.

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