[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 488]
[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 Spirit, who has set our noisy years in the heart of Your 
eternity, under the shadow of Your wings, we find gladness and peace. 
Thank You for Your watchful care over body and soul alike.
  Lord, You have kept our eyes from tears and brought us solace in 
seasons of grief. Thank You for keeping our feet from falling, or if we 
fell, you refused to forsake us. You have forgiven our sins and healed 
our diseases.
  Today, give all who labor for liberty Your wisdom. Help us to embrace 
the right priorities. Remind us that a person's success and greatness 
cannot keep him or her from death. Teach us, therefore, to sacrifice 
for those things that will live beyond our years. Use us to tell others 
about Your greatness. And, Lord, bless our military people who are in 
harm's way.
  We pray this in Your righteous Name. Amen.

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