[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, ADM Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  God of power, God of love, thank You for bringing us through life's 
many trials and reminding us that we belong to You. Keep our feet on 
the right path. Forgive our failure to sometimes see beyond today's 
challenging events and our unwillingness to trust the unfolding of Your 
loving providence. Lord, open our eyes that we may see the invisible 
world of Your unstoppable purposes and catch a new vision of Your 
glorious design for our world. Guide our Senators. Make them Your 
agents to bless humankind. And again we ask that You would be a shield 
for our troops in harm's way. We pray this in Your strong name. Amen.

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