[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22761]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Eternal Father, the fountain of all blessings, with grateful hearts 
we enter Your courts today. We thank You for ordering our steps and 
directing our paths. Lord, we have lived long enough to know that we 
can't escape Your presence or Your love. We have sought fulfillment on 
destructive avenues, but Your love has always found us. Thank You for 
showing us the way to abundant living. Use Your Senators today to make 
the world a better place. Provide a shield for our military and comfort 
those who mourn. Lord, give wisdom to the leaders of our world. We pray 
this in Your strong name. Amen.

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