[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24173]
[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 Lord God, our helper and friend, set up Your throne in our 
hearts today and rule our spirits. Banish every evil emotion and 
desire. Direct our minds and thoughts to those things that are true, 
noble, just, pure, and praiseworthy.
  Guide our lawmakers with Your might. Govern their actions so that 
they will live with integrity. Control their speech so that they will 
speak the truth with civility, humility, and moderation.
  Help us all to so live that we may not be ashamed at Your appearance. 
And Lord, we also ask You to be near Dr. Richard Smalley, a Nobel 
Laureate, who is very ill.
  All this we ask for Your love's sake. Amen.

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