[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  O God, who made a world of change, You challenged us to change the 
world. You gave us dreams of better times and the power to pursue those 
dreams, to do our part to make a difference and help those dreams come 
true.
  Earlier this week we set aside a day to recall that there are those 
who seek to kill the dreamers, and thereby kill the dreams. But we will 
remember dreamers, those who had a dream, and through our work--through 
the courage and determination of Americans of all faiths and colors--we 
will embrace the dreams that make our Nation strong, that make us a 
force for hope and freedom throughout the world.
  Almighty God, at a time when others say around the world that all is 
hopeless, that things will never change, we roll up our sleeves as this 
session now begins and remind ourselves that how we act does matter and 
what we do does count. Through our leaders here, through Americans from 
sea to shining sea--and of course, through those in our Nation's Armed 
Forces whose faith and courage must sustain them in harm's way--we will 
keep the dreams alive, to build a land where liberty will be 
proclaimed, where justice rolls like mighty waters, where all shall 
live in freedom--and, one day, where none shall be afraid. And may we 
say, Amen.

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