[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, ADM Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, before the mountains were brought forth and the Earth 
was formed, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
  Thank You, Lord, for all that crowns life with beauty and 
blessedness, for books and music that inspire us, for family and 
friends who sustain us.
  May we remember how fragile and temporary are our lives.
  Teach us to number our days and to find our peace and stability in 
You.
  Help us never to surrender to our worst, making it difficult for 
others to live at their best.
  Use us, Lord, to build a more decent and humane world.
  In Your strong name we pray. Amen.

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