[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24281]
[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 God, our Father, give us the grace and power to choose the more 
challenging right. Keep us from being too easily deflected from 
laudable goals. Deliver us from the procrastinations that cause us to 
miss opportunities. Strengthen us to finish what we start as You give 
us wisdom to clearly know the path we should travel. Save us from the 
folly that is deaf to conscience and the arrogance which will not 
accept advice. Open our hearts to the entry of Your spirit so that we 
may experience abundant living.
  Use our lawmakers today for Your glory. Once again, Lord, we thank 
You for the life and legacy of Rosa Parks.
  We pray in Your powerful Name. Amen.

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