[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Heavenly Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, God of our 
beloved Nation. The men and women of the United States Senate come 
before You today to ask that You bless this legislative body with Your 
wisdom, and guidance.
  We ask that You keep its Members in Your holy presence. Psalms 105 
says that ``Your word is a lamp to our feet, and light to our path.'' 
We ask that You light our path especially during the difficult and 
challenging times of our Nation.
  Oh God, we seek Your vision and we want to do Your will that is 
pleasing to You, and right for our country. We want our decisions to be 
unified, in step with justice, righteousness, and that which best serve 
the people of this Nation.
  Father, we thank You for allowing us the honor and privilege of 
living in this great Nation, where our rights and freedoms are 
protected as ``one Nation under God,'' with a government ``of the 
people, by the people, and for the people.'' We thank You for allowing 
us the opportunity to serve.
  We humble ourselves, and ask that You bless this Senate, its 
distinguished Members, and all those who work to insure that America 
continues to be a great Nation in Your eyes and the eyes of the world.
  We praise and bless Your Holy Name. In Your Holy Name, we ask, amen.

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