[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19149]
[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 Father, we have often stumbled into Your presence not sure 
why we have come, and yet You continue to show us Your compassionate 
mercy.
  Inspire the Members of this body today with faith, hope, and love. 
Renew their spiritual vision so that they will continue to please You. 
Protect them from pride, and deliver them from confusion. Inspire them 
to persevere. Answer the perplexing questions they face, as You fill 
them with Your healing spirit.
  May they express their gratitude to You by their faithful deeds. 
Grant them this day the grace to praise You with their lives.
  We pray in Your life-changing Name.
  Amen.

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