[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Eternal Spirit of God, You are in all our beginnings and all our 
endings, and You are with us at the beginning of this day's session of 
the Senate. We pray for the Senators here gathered, and for those who 
are about our Nation's business in other places and in other ways, that 
this day might offer new opportunities for creative service.
  We pray for them fresh perspectives on perplexing problems, and new 
opportunities for cooperation. May they model for our people, and for 
the people of the world, a process of corporate discernment which 
allows inspired solutions to emerge to the challenges we face as a 
Nation and global community. And grant each one of them, we pray, the 
physical, mental, and spiritual stamina to persevere in support of 
truth and justice.
  Author of liberty, we are grateful that we are privileged to live in 
a nation of abundance and freedom. We know that to whom much has been 
given, much is expected. Bless the Senators who work on our behalf to 
fulfill our country's great calling and responsibility. Amen.

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