[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 30896]
[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 our God, in our more honest moments we must admit that because 
a chaplain prays or because we bow our heads it does not necessarily 
mean that we seriously desire Your presence. Yet invited or not, You 
are here.
  Lead us to such a knowledge of You that our actions will be supported 
by belief. If our eyes have been closed to Your blessings, open them. 
Make us ever aware of Your providential movement in our lives.
  We pray today, for the Members of this body, its officers, and its 
servants. Help them to remember that You govern in the affairs of 
humanity and that the hearts of the world's leaders are in Your hands. 
Give them the wisdom to permit You to direct their paths. Send Your 
power among us and give us Your peace. We Pray in Your strong Name. 
Amen.

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