[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16081]
[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, with Your words You divide night from 
day. Thank You for Your glory that brightens our path to the future and 
for the brilliance of Your hope that beckons us to new beginnings. 
Forgive us when we are unfaithful, when we desire to sing solo and 
disrupt the harmony of Your will.
  Bless the Members of this body. Guard them from the evil one. Give 
them hearts large enough to take the honesty of their skepticism and 
transform it with the confidence of faith. Imbue them with reverence 
for life and guide them toward unity.
  As they find peace with You, give them peace with each other. Give 
each of us gentleness fashioned after the pattern of Your mercy.
  We pray in Your compassionate name. Amen.

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