[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, we glorify Your Name as we ask You to hear our prayers. 
With the Psalmist we say, ``To my words give ear, O Lord, give heed to 
my groaning. Attend to the sound of my cries, my King and my God.
  ``It is You whom I invoke, O Lord. In the morning You hear me; in the 
morning I offer You my prayer; watching and waiting.''
  In a special way today we pray for those killed in a senseless act of 
terror in Saudi Arabia yesterday. Grant us Your peace, Lord, which we 
so desperately desire.
  Bless Your faithful servants today, Lord, as they come together in 
this Senate to deliberate and discern. Give them a spirit of compromise 
and consensus so that their decisions may benefit all in their care.
  We ask this in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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