[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, source of wisdom and fountain of knowledge, we praise 
You for the gift of Your love. Guide our Senators with Your love. Do 
not permit the confusion of our time to confuse them. Empower them to 
contribute to the rightness of things. Let them be part of the answer 
to the problems in our world.
  As they choose the hard right over the easy wrong, give them Your 
peace. May their lives count for good when even the best does not seem 
enough. Create within each of us clean hearts and renewed right 
spirits, that we may become instruments of Your love.
  Lord, may the spirit of this prayer be acceptable to You. We pray in 
Your holy Name. Amen.

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