[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Father, we thank You for Your presence in our midst. We thank You 
that You are a God who wants friendship with us. Forgive us for so 
often running away from You, for spurning Your kindness, for turning 
against the very love that gives us life.
  Today, inspire the Members of this body. Give them the vision of a 
warless world, one in which Isaiah and Micah foresaw three millennia 
ago.
  Help our lawmakers use their power to hasten the day when nations 
shall not lift up swords against nations, nor shall they learn war 
anymore. Let not hate or fear desolate this beautiful, blood-sustained 
Earth forever; rather, let the Earth increase its knowledge of You as 
the waters cover the sea.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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