[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Creator God, source of all blessings, fountain of all wisdom, today, 
let our leaders play their part in doing Your will on Earth. Lord, You 
know the struggles that confront us, the things we wrestle with that 
cause us to be anxious and unsure. You know the things we run to, the 
things we run from, and the things that divide us. We thank You that 
though You know us completely, You still love us and direct our steps. 
Today, if our eyes have been closed to Your graces, open them. Give us 
the courage and the flexibility to make a better world. We pray this in 
Your strong name. Amen.

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