[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Captain Jeff Struecker, Chaplain, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute 
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God and Father of my Savior, I lift up to You these men and 
women that You have selected to serve this great Nation. I pray that 
You would etch onto the souls of every man and woman here the awesome 
sense of responsibility for the office that they hold and the weight of 
that thought would drive them to their knees, every morning seeking 
Your leadership, as they lead this Nation, especially right now with 
America's sons and daughters at war.
  I pray that You would also balance that serious sense of 
responsibility with the pleasure of knowing that they are serving as 
Your appointed leaders in the greatest Nation on Earth.
  Father, finally I pray that You will protect those men and women who 
are right now involved with this war on terrorism. Give them Your 
peace, give them Your presence, give them Your protection. I pray. 
Amen.

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