[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we praise Your name today. With the Psalmist we 
proclaim, ``Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord all my 
life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.''
  We thank You for the gift of life and for the talents and abilities 
You have given us. Help us, Lord, to put them to good use so that Your 
glory might shine through us.
  Bless the men and women of this Senate as they seek to do Your will 
this day, bless their staff members who do so much work behind the 
scenes, and bless the pages who serve in this Chamber. Help them all to 
know the importance of their work here and let them know Your goodness 
to them.
  We ask this in Your holy name. Amen.

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