[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16214]
[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, we thank You for the beauty and wonder of life. Thank 
You for the people we know and love. Thank You for the opportunity to 
experience life's richest joys. Sustain our lawmakers today. Deepen and 
cultivate their understanding of primary things. Deliver them from 
majoring in minors and minoring in majors. Bless the thousands who 
labor for liberty on Capitol Hill. Keep them from becoming weary in 
doing well, as You remind them that their perseverance will bring a 
productive harvest.
  We pray today for our military men and women and their families who 
sacrifice so much to keep us free. Protect them from the dangers of the 
sea, land, and air, and from the violence of the enemy.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

                          ____________________