[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 23961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Sovereign Lord, You are our God and strong deliverer, a refuge for 
all who call on Your name. Send to us the power and grace we need today 
to glorify Your name. Give us the purity of heart that will shut the 
door to all evil.
  Today, bless the Members of this body. Keep their feet in the path of 
integrity that they may walk securely. Develop in them a perseverance 
which refuses to leave any task half done. Empower them with a 
diligence that will never offer You less than their best.
  Lord, strengthen our military for the battles of today and tomorrow. 
Stand at the right hand of freedom's warriors and lift up their heads. 
We pray this in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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