[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 57 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S4385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's prayer will be offered by the 
Reverend Dr. Guy Prentiss Waters of Fairhaven College, Jackson, MI.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, You are infinitely wise, holy, and just. You are the 
one who has made us and the one who sustains us. Our conscience bears 
witness to Your righteous love.
  We acknowledge that in Your providence You dispose of and govern over 
all things. You are the ruler of nations and You have appointed civil 
government for Your glory and the good of human beings.
  We thank You for the work of civil government and acknowledge that 
those entrusted with this high responsibility stand under You. Be 
pleased to bless the work of our Senators this day. We would not 
presume upon Your blessing but ask that You might show mercy so that 
their work would be for this Nation's good and for Your glory.
  Amen.

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