[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, You know all about us. You know when we sit down and 
when we rise up. Forgive our past blindness to the grandeur and glory 
of Your unfolding providence. Thank You for the gift of a freedom to 
choose and give us the courage to change our minds when it is needed.
  Bring our hearts under Your control as You infuse within us a deeper 
love for You. We pray for our world--the lands we know but also those 
other lands that stand within our minds as nothing more than names. May 
we never forget that You have children in every land. Use our Senators 
today to bring life and not death--peace and not war. Amen.

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