[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2899]
[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 is the same yesterday, today, and 
forever, we are transient creatures who long for a sense of permanence. 
Give us that permanence as we find in You our fixed and abiding center 
of faith. We praise You because You are changeless, without any 
variableness in Your judgment and mercy.
  Strengthen our lawmakers for the challenges of our time. Keep them in 
the shadow of Your wings and teach them to show mercy. Use Your 
powerful arm to rescue our Nation from the hands of all enemies of 
freedom. Guide each of us on life's journey. Lord, hasten the day when 
people everywhere will seek and find You. Let the tranquility of Your 
dominion increase until the Earth is filled with the knowledge of Your 
love. We pray in Your glorious Name. Amen.

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