[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 7]
[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 and ever blessed God, whose name is love, put Your love in 
our hearts. Teach us to love so that our primary aim in life will be to 
please You. Teach us to love so that our passion for You will provide 
the foundation of our obedience. Teach us to love so that worship will 
not be a duty but a delight. Teach us to love so that our greatest fear 
will be to disappoint You.
  Teach our lawmakers to love so that they will always be quick to help 
and to forgive. Teach all of us to love so that hatred and bitterness 
will disappear from our hearts as we seek to be Your true followers.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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