[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Arnold B. Lovell, Senior Pastor, Second Presbyterian 
Church, Knoxville, TN, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal Father, strong to save; throughout the centuries You have 
guided the hands, hearts, and lives of the founders, leaders, and 
citizens of this Nation. We invoke Your presence and power today for 
those upon whom the mantle of leadership has fallen. As the Members of 
Congress gather this day, give them courage, clarity of vision, and 
compassionate hearts, that in their frailty as human beings they might 
carry out the enormous task of service to which they have been called.
  May the decisions made in the deliberations of this day be governed 
by the common good, virtue, and the principles of participation, 
affirming the equality that all men and women have before You, O God. 
Give our representatives strength and honesty to avoid the politics of 
personal agendas, power, and partisanship, that they might serve the 
public good. And may all glory be given unto You, Almighty God. Amen.

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