[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12284]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Please pray with me.
  Almighty God and Heavenly Father, we thank You for those who had the 
vision for this country as One Nation Under God. We thank You that it 
has become a home for people from many different nationalities and 
ethnic backgrounds and for the rich diversity of life and culture that 
flows therefrom.
  However, we acknowledge, too, the challenge that this diversity 
presents to those who have the responsibility of governing and guiding 
this Nation. So we pray for this Senate and all its Members that they 
would be given wisdom in their decisions, the ability to hear and 
respond constructively to colleagues whose views may differ, and a true 
desire to serve all the people of this Nation.
  Send Your Holy Spirit, we pray, to guide this Senate in Your ways of 
justice, compassion, and truth that they may exercise their duty of 
care for this Nation with integrity, imagination, and skill. We ask 
these prayers in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was 
unafraid to speak the truth, who had compassion for all people and who 
now reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 
Amen.

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