[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord God of hosts, God of our salvation, bless this legislative 
body with wisdom. Bless our Nation, and guide us in Your path to 
righteousness. Fill the hearts of these Senators with Your goodness and 
wisdom, and may they always follow Your path in life, and do good work 
for our country.
  Let the words spoken by Moses to the Israelite people be applied to 
us: ``Be bold, stand fast, and see the salvation which is from God. The 
Lord will fight for you.'' O God, You are our hope, our strength, and 
our protection.
  Let us always keep Your prayer in our hearts. ``O Lord and Master of 
our lives! Take away from us the spirit of laziness, despair, lust of 
power and idle talk;
  but give rather to us the spirit of moderation, humility, patience, 
and love;
  Yea O Lord and King, grant that we may see our own transgressions, 
and judge not our brothers, for blessed are You unto the ages of 
ages.'' Amen.

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