[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5603]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Father, in whose patient hands the mighty seasons move with quiet 
beauty, we acknowledge today our great need for Your guidance. Lord, we 
are challenged by complexities that require more than human wisdom. We 
sometimes feel like children grasping in the darkness, lost without 
light.
  Bless this Government of the people, for the people, and by the 
people. Guide its leaders to strive to possess that righteousness that 
exalts a nation and to inspire others to pursue truth. Enlighten the 
Members of this body with Your wisdom, lest the darkness of our times 
hide the paths of Your providence.
  We commit this day to You, Lord, for You are able to do exceedingly, 
abundantly above all that we can ask or imagine, according to Your 
power, working in and through each of us. We pray this prayer in Your 
holy Name. Amen.

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