[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27218]
[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, fountain of every blessing, during this season of 
gratitude we pause to thank You for the gifts You have given us and all 
humanity. Thank You for all the beauty You have placed in our world, 
for the loveliness of the Earth, sea, and sky. Thank You for great art 
to see, great music to hear, great books of prose and poetry to read. 
Thank You for the nimbleness of minds and hands that enable people to 
find ways of defeating diseases and easing pain. Thank You for generous 
hearts that give to help the less fortunate. Thank You for our power to 
love and for the opportunities to lose ourselves in a great cause. 
Thank You for the ability to harness nature's forces and to make 
fertile the desert. Thank You for our Senators and for all who labor 
many hours with them for a world at peace. Thank You for our military 
and the courageous sacrifices of our men and women in harm's way.
  Above all else, we thank You for saving us by giving us Yourself. 
Accept this, our sacrifice of thanksgiving and of praise.
  Amen.

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