[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7479]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Our visiting Chaplain today is Father Claude 
Pomerleau from the University of Portland, OR. Father Pomerleau will 
lead us in prayer.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord, Master of the universe and everything in it, Your generosity 
gives us life, gives us hope, gives us the imagination to envision a 
world where no child weeps, where violence is a dark memory, where 
peace is the story of every day and year.
  As the gift of this day unfolds, as the creative men and women in 
this Chamber turn their gifts and talents to making laws that seek to 
elevate and protect the lives of millions of their fellow Americans, do 
not let them lose the sweet peace and long vision of this first moment. 
In the face of so many distractions and challenges, may they be filled 
with grace and generosity, wisdom and wonder, calm and compassion. Open 
their hearts, Lord, and open their minds, and fill them with Your love, 
and make of them beacons of Your light, so that their deliberations 
this day take this country and this sweet planet ever closer to Your 
peace and Your joy. Amen.

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