[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20847]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Claude Pomerleau, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Lord and Master of the universe, we dare to name You Mother and 
Father because You are the Source of all that we are, all that we have, 
and all that we do. You have also sent us Your Spirit, and so we call 
ourselves Your children. We know that You love us, and that this gift 
goes beyond our greatest expectations.
  O God, bless all the Members of the Senate, this day and always. May 
they act in accordance with Your Spirit as they serve this Nation and 
work for a more peaceful and secure world. May they be just and 
compassionate in their work as You are just and compassionate with Your 
creation, and may they be a sign of Your presence for this Nation and 
the world.
  We pray that we may always be instruments of Your peace, even in the 
midst of unresolved problems and constant human conflicts. And, as a 
result, may we strive to be a mosaic of Your renewing presence in this 
world, through which we have a brief but glorious passage. Amen.

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