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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 145
BY SENATORS ADLEY, LONG, NEVERS, ALARIO, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME,
CHABERT, CHAISSON, CHEEK, CLAITOR, CROWE, DONAHUE,
DORSEY, DUPLESSIS, ERDEY, B. GAUTREAUX, N. GAUTREAUX,
GUILLORY, HEBERT, HEITMEIER, JACKSON, KOSTELKA,
LAFLEUR, MARIONNEAUX, MARTINY, MCPHERSON, MICHOT,
MORRELL, MORRISH, MOUNT, MURRAY, PETERSON, QUINN,
RISER, SHAW, SMITH, THOMPSON AND WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To recognize and declare Sunday, June 20, 2010, as a Statewide Day of Prayer for Louisiana
and for the population and region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, in particular those
people affected by the environmental and economic disasters that erupted in the
aftermath of BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak.
WHEREAS, in times of great distress and need, we, the people of this land, have
always turned to private, public, and corporate prayer; and
WHEREAS, a Statewide Day of Prayer provides each of us with a powerful
opportunity to humble ourselves before our Almighty God; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Louisiana are urged to pray for a solution to this crisis,
each according to his or her own faith, to pray for God's continued guidance and protection,
and to join in the observance of a day of prayer, seeking God's blessings upon both our state
and nation; and
WHEREAS, although there exists a great diversity of types of prayer, prayer is
always about calling upon God, and prayers woven together through common effort can
themselves become an awesome and powerful force; and
WHEREAS, a day of unified, intercessory prayer, by and for those people living
throughout the regions around the Gulf of Mexico, to pray for an end to this environmental
emergency, sparing us all from the destruction of both culture and livelihood; and
WHEREAS, untold millions of people, not only in regions surrounding the Gulf of
Mexico, but throughout the world, will be affected by this event; a crisis that remains
unaffected by the efforts of mortal man; and SR NO. 145 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, we now turn our attention and our prayers to the present circumstances
and humble ourselves before Almighty God.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate Sunday, June 20, 2010, as a Statewide Day of Prayer for Louisiana
and for the population and region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of Legislature of Louisiana does
hereby urge the citizenry of the state and all people of faith throughout the United States and
the world to give personal thanks, each according to his faith, for the blessings we have
received, for God's continued guidance during these trying times, and for God's grace to
bring an end to the devastation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of Legislature of Louisiana calls upon
the people of Louisiana to join each other and the entire community that is linked by the
Gulf of Mexico in this unified expression of faith and hope.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE