[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's prayer will be offered by our 
guest Chaplain, Father Gregoire J. Fluet, Saint Bridget of Kildare 
Church, Moodus, CT.
  We are pleased to have you with us.
  The guest Chaplain, Father Gregoire J. Fluet, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray.
  We read in the Scriptures: ``For the Lord gives wisdom; from His 
mouth comes knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for 
the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding 
the path of justice. . . .''--Proverbs 2:6-8.
  Lord God, we beseech You to continue to bless our great Nation. You 
have from the inception of this Nation been its light and blessed it 
with Your grace and bounty. The men and women of this Senate again seek 
Your wisdom and guidance as they exercise their call to leadership. 
Send Your blessing upon them. Allow them to be filled with Your grace 
and peace. Allow them to continue to be courageous, self-giving, and 
dedicated to integrity and right. Allow them to recognize Your presence 
in this Chamber and in their deliberations.
  Lord God, allow all of us never to forget that we profess as a 
people, as a nation, to be under Your guidance and Your love. We thank 
You for Your gifts, for our Nation, for the boundless blessings You 
send us each day. Amen.

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