[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2769]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. Dale A. Meyer, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 
MO, offered the following prayer:
  Enter into this chamber, O Spirit of God, this chamber of my heart 
and the hearts of all who sincerely pray with me. O Most High, You know 
the feelings and thoughts of our hearts before they ever come to our 
lips. Enter in and work in us the reverence that comes from a humble 
acknowledgment of Your Lordship. Enter in with the inspiration of Your 
love for each of us, a love to which prophets, evangelists, and 
apostles have borne witness for our temporal and eternal good. May that 
love constrain us to service in this Senate that will result in greater 
good for our beloved Nation.
  Spirit of our Creator and Redeemer, deliver us, we pray, from every 
evil of body and soul, property and honor this day and until that day 
when we stand before Your eternal throne. Amen.

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