[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14322]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Our guest Chaplain, Rev. Laurel Arthur Burton, 
Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Greencastle, IN, will lead the 
Senate in prayer.
  The guest chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Thou great Creator, God of all the nations:
  We bow before You knowing that these gathered here today have the 
power to choose right over wrong, good over evil. Bless each one of 
them that they might choose according to Your will.
  Open their ears so that they may truly listen to one another.
  Open their eyes so that they may truly see the path of righteousness.
  Open their mouths that they may speak truly with the deepest 
integrity.
  And open their hearts and minds that they may discern the way that 
leads to the common good.
  O Spirit of power, grant that the only ambition in this Chamber may 
be the desire to achieve peace and prosperity for all Americans. Grant 
that the only competition may be the struggle for justice. O Thou great 
Creator, God of all the nations, lead this great Nation as a pillar of 
cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, until the day comes when 
all nations shall dwell together in peace and concord. Amen.

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