[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15439]
[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 Creator, our source of strength, we humbly acknowledge Your 
power and gratefully accept Your mercy and grace.
  We need Your mercy for we fall short of Your glory. We need Your 
grace, for we can do nothing to deserve Your favor or gain Your love.
  Today, permit our Senators to feel Your presence. Give them 
confidence to draw near to You and to find grace to help them meet 
national and global challenges.
  Help them to find joy in the companionship of Your sovereign leading. 
Use them to promote the values of justice and peace.
  We pray in Your glorious Name. Amen.

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