[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8983]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Savior, lead us today as a shepherd. Guide our lives and inspire our 
hearts. May the talents gathered here on Capitol Hill help in the 
awesome task of bringing healing to our world.
  Strengthen our lawmakers as they deal with unintended needs and 
unsolved problems. Make them eager to lift burdens and ready to respond 
in service to humanity.
  Help each of us to feel a bit of the responsibility for the 
challenges that hang heavy over our land. In Your unfailing love, give 
us the wisdom to follow the leading of Your powerful providence.
  Blessed be Your Name forever. Amen.

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