[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20677]
[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, who gives sunshine to the just and the unjust, thank 
You for not treating us as we deserve. We hear Your voice, wooing us 
through the whispers of conscience and the promptings of Your spirit. 
You beckon to us through lofty ideals and through Your unfolding 
providence in the events of history. We see Your stately footprints in 
the courses of our lives.
  Today, use our lawmakers as Your hands and feet on Earth. Through 
their work, transform discord into harmony, conflict into peace, 
despair into hope, and sadness into joy. Grant that their lives will 
teach us the lessons You desire our world to learn: Love, forgiveness, 
and peace. Remind each of us daily that there is always a road back to 
You.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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