[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  May we bow with humility in prayer.
  Eternal and Everlasting God, we approach You today with reverence, 
sincerity, and hope, knowing that You are our source and strength in 
this world. Your sovereign hand continues to create opportunity while 
the almighty wind of Your spirit propels us into our destiny. It is You 
who have made us in Your image and for Your pleasure, and for that 
alone we are grateful and thankful.
  We acknowledge and center ourselves in this time of prayer that 
though we are living in the heat of calamity, You are the calm that 
cools, cares, and constructs a divine citadel. It is through the 
sagacity of Your spirit we are ushered into a place where we experience 
the forgiving nature of a true and loving Lord. And yet, with 
intentionality and precision, You cause those things which have made us 
stumble to somehow sustain, support, and strengthen our faith in You.
  Lord God, we ask a special blessing for our Senators. You have 
ordained this group of ``servants of the people'' to lead our Nation 
and bless our world. As they live out the course of their tenure, 
please continue to bless their families and respectful constituencies.
  It is in Your Name, power, and glory we pray. Amen.

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