[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20955]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, RADM Barry C. Black, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty and most merciful God, who commanded us to love one another, 
give us also Your grace to obey this mandate. Lord, shape our lives 
with forbearance. Direct our paths so that we may find courageous 
options at complex crossroads.
  Lord, from dullness of conscience, from feeble sense of duty, from 
thoughtless disregard of others, from a low ideal of the obligations of 
our position, and from all half-heartedness in our work, save us we 
pray.
  Guide us, teach us, and strengthen us for the challenges ahead. 
Shower us with Your wisdom and do for us more than we can ask or 
imagine, according to Your glorious power. Amen.

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