Upon invitation of the President, the following prayer was offered by Senator Becker, as written by the Chaplain, Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM:
Merciful and mysterious God, You who never cease to practice the art of creating,
keep us ever at the edge of our skills,
our habits,
our vision,
that we may never grow so content in our creating
that we miss Your presence
You, who are ever about to do a new thing in our world.
We ask this in Your name.—AMEN.
(In the Sanctuary of Women by Jan L. Richardson)