[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 9767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your Name in all the Earth. You are 
the giver of everlasting life. Thank You that nothing can separate us 
from Your limitless love. Thank You that You are never disillusioned by 
us, although You know us better than we know ourselves. How great is 
Your love toward us, for You call us Your children. We praise You for 
Your tremendous power inside us that strengthens us to cope with life 
and to do Your will. Give our Senators today a faith that will not 
shrink, though pressed by many a foe. Make them more than conquerors of 
our Nation's challenges. Develop their gifts and enlarge their 
capacities that with confidence and joy they can do the work of 
freedom. Be at work in each of us, creating within our spirits both the 
desire and the power to do Your will. We pray this in Your loving Name. 
Amen.

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