[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S5815]
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.
  Eternal spirit, You have said that the truth will set us free. We 
thank You that Your freedom leads to harmony and not discord, to 
consensus and not conflict. Liberate us from deceptions and distortions 
that caricature reality and misrepresent facts.
  Empower our Senators to find freedom in being as true to duty as the 
needle to the pole. Continue to teach them the fine art of conciliation 
and motivate them to continue to choose rational roads instead of 
emotional dead ends. Lift them above partisan rancor, and give them 
power to walk in Your light, to act in Your strength, to think in Your 
wisdom, to speak in Your truth, and to live in Your love. Inspire each 
of us to stand for right, even though the heavens fall.
  We pray in the Name of Him who is the truth. Amen.

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