[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty and Everlasting God, You are the meaning and mystery of all 
that is, was, and is to be. Thank You for Your constant love and for 
the opportunities to learn from each other. Thank You also for 
challenges and difficulties that test and refine us.
  Lord, help us to make respect for You our first priority, and give 
our leaders the wisdom to trust the unfolding of Your will. May we 
embrace a humility that seeks first to understand instead of striving 
to be understood. Deliver us from a false patriotism that would render 
unto Caesar what belongs to You. Guide us with Your powerful hand until 
the kings of this world acknowledge Your sovereignty and might.
  We pray this in Your Holy Name.
  Amen.

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