[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 501]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Luis Leon, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we 
humbly pray that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of the 
grace You have granted us. Bless our land with honorable industry, 
sound learning, and faithful leadership. Save us from violence and 
discord, confusion and chaos, pride and arrogance. Defend our liberties 
and fashion into one Nation the good people brought here out of many 
lands and languages. Endue with a spirit of wisdom those to whom in 
Your name we entrust the authority of government, especially the 
President and the Congress of the United States, that there may be 
justice and mercy in this land. Strengthen our resolve to see fulfilled 
all hopes for a lasting peace among all nations. In a time of 
prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in a day of trouble 
remind us that we still belong to You. All this we ask in Your name. 
Amen.

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