[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 948]
[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, the center of our joy, we find our delight in You. Thank You 
for giving us the desire to commit our lives to You and to trust You to 
fulfill Your purposes for creating us. Cleanse our hearts and thoughts 
so that we will be worthy to live in Your presence.
  Bless our lawmakers. Give them confidence in You that will free them 
from fear of an uncertain future. May they live lives that boldly 
proclaim that You are at work in our world. Remind them of their 
accountability to You and that to whom much is given, much is expected.
  Help us all to love others with the kind of love we have received 
from You. Lead us from blindness to sight and from illusion to reality. 
Make us grateful and faithful stewards of Your blessings, as we rejoice 
to be Your sons and daughters.
  Today, we again remember Your daughter, Coretta Scott King.
  We pray in Your loving Name.
  Amen.

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