[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Our Father in heaven!
  I sing You a song for the blessed United States of America. I sing a 
hopeful song for the peace and tranquility that we seek. Every 
patriotic soul joins me and our voices blend in heartfelt harmony. Let 
our notes wend their way from the hot Mojave sands to the cool waters 
of the Great Lakes. Let our song echo in the footsteps of Lewis and 
Clark as they courageously unraveled the mysteries of this free land. 
Let our lyrical prayer soar up the peaks of Mount Hood and Mount 
McKinley until they reach the summit of Your glory and Your mercy.
  Though our voices are many, though our accents and inflections are as 
different as the day is long, our song is one and our one song is plain 
and true and unchanging. We sing: peace. Peace. True Peace. Bring us 
back to the times of fearless skies and unbridled New York nerve, of 
tranquil school yards and cool back porch nights. Return these times to 
us, O G-D. And we will return to You--with a new song, a mighty, 
rapturous chorus of jubilation!
  Amen!

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