[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3022]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Dear most gracious Heavenly Father, we humbly come to You today to 
request that You grant wisdom for all those who gather in this seat of 
Government, that they might always act in the best interest of this 
Nation and its people whom they represent.
  Help them, Sir, to seek Your guidance and direction in all their 
deliberations. Reach deep into their innermost hearts and minds to 
bring them together in unity so that they may act as one. Enable them 
to set aside personal desires to seek Your divine will and way for this 
great Nation.
  May they, and we, always be mindful that our Nation, our lives, our 
very being rests in Thy eternal hands.
  Bring them together in a spirit of humility and love for Thee and for 
these United States of America. These petitions we ask in Jesus' name. 
Amen.

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