[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6713]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Lord of all hopefulness, we come before You this day to praise You 
and to thank You for Your countless blessings.
  With heavy hearts, dear Lord, we pray for Your peace and Your justice 
in our world. Help us to be the instruments of Your will. In Isaiah we 
read, ``Put away your misdeeds from before My eyes; cease doing evil; 
learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged.''
  God Almighty, bless and protect the men and women in this Senate who 
seek to do Your will. Give them right judgment. Help them to know Your 
loving presence always.
  We ask this in Your holy name. Amen.

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