[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21441]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, author and creator of the world's joys, bearer of the Earth's 
sorrows, we have loved You but not enough; we have sought You but not 
diligently enough; we have heard but not understood; we have hoped for 
things heavenly but clung to eartherly possessions.
  Thank You for loving us in spite of our failures. Help us not to 
waste our hopes and talents on unworthy pursuits. Instead, give us 
freedom, not to do as we like but to like to do as we ought.
  Guide our Senators today and give them Your peace.
  Especially, we pray today for those who mourn.
  We pray this in Your strong name. Amen.

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