[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28448]
[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, whose spirit searches all things and whose love bears all 
things, arise and lift up Your hand as we wait patiently for You. Give 
Your light, O God, and take away our darkness. Put a new song on our 
lips for we put our trust in You. Place Your precepts in our minds that 
we will delight to do Your will. Withhold not Your tender mercies from 
us, for Your loving-kindness keeps us alive.
  Bless the Members of this body. Give them patience and cheerful 
endurance. Place peace in their hearts and serenity in their minds. 
Inspire them with an increased understanding of the scope of their task 
as Your servants.
  Stretch forth Your right hand to help and defend us all. Encourage us 
to seek new depths of dedication.
  We pray in Your wonderful Name. Amen.

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