[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Donald Mackay III, of St. John's Episcopal 
Church, Kirkland, WA, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Sovereign Father of our Nation, we acknowledge Your 
presence in our lives on this day. We thank You for calling the men and 
women of the Senate to lead this Nation on the path of righteousness. 
As they carry out the mission that You have given them, we pray that 
their ears may be open to hear Your voice with clarity, discernment, 
and understanding.
  You have revealed through the prophets of old what You require of 
those in positions of power and leadership. On this day, enable each 
Senator to hear with new awareness the challenge to ``do justice, and 
to love kindness, and to walk humbly with their God.''--Micah 6: 8b. As 
they consider issues relating to the military conflict in Yugoslavia, 
give them wisdom beyond their learning that their response to Your 
direction may be lived out in courage by words spoken, decisions made, 
and actions taken.
  May their work this day--begun, continued, and ended in You--be 
anointed by Your gracious hand as You guide this Nation to its 
appointed destiny.
  We ask these things in the name of our Lord. Amen.

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