[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Eternal Lord God, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that 
is fair, in whom is calmness, peace, and concord, destroy the 
dissensions that divide us and bring us back to the unity You desire 
for humanity.
  Lord, we seek for peace and unity, and yet we live in tension. We 
make agreements but suspect that we have not agreed. We flex the muscle 
of our might to reassure ourselves and to caution aggressors, and still 
anxieties persist.
  Lord, show us the way. Keep us from presuming that because of some 
goodness we possess, You are on our side. Empower us, instead, to seek 
to be on Your side.
  Bless this great land. Bless also all whom You have set in authority. 
Give them such wisdom and candor, courage and justice, joy and truth, 
that Your will will be done on Earth even as it is done in Heaven.
  All glory, honor, and praise be to You. Amen.

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