09/01/2009 - Daily Prayer

Colleagues and friends, 160 years ago today, at 12 o`clock noon on Saturday, September 1st, 1849, a group of our predecessors met. They convened 48 delegates in Colton Hall, in the town of Monterey. 43 days later this group engrossed the first Constitution of the Great State of California.
In many ways those of us gathered here today in the Senate are similar to those who created this great state. Lawyers, ranchers, merchants, military men, printers, surveyors, a banker - they came from varied backgrounds and many different places, far and near. They came together, as we do today, under the watchful eye of a benevolent creator, with the primary objective of creating a wonderful place to raise their families and to prosper in freedom.
Dear God, please lead us today in our efforts to continue the work begun by our predecessors. Grant that we may be as successful as they were, in your eyes, the eyes of those we serve today and in the eyes of those who will surely follow us.
We pray this in your holy name-AMEN.