[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3427]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Infinite Spirit, generous giver of life's joys, from Your vantage 
point of eternity look afresh into our time. Teach us to serve You as 
we should. Forgive us for our waste of time and opportunity. Forgive 
us, also, when we fail to see Your glorious image in humanity or the 
opportunities to please You by empowering those on life's margins. 
Thank You for showing us that in setting the captives free we do 
Heaven's work on Earth. Remind us that it is in giving that we receive, 
and through dying to self that we are born to eternal life.
  Today, use Your Senators as servants of Your kingdom. Help each of us 
to be honest with ourselves and with one another. We pray this in Your 
sovereign Name. Amen.

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