[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2153]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will by offered by the guest 
Chaplain, Bishop Steven E. Wright, National Chaplain for the American 
Legion, from Layton, UT.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Our Father who art in heaven, we humbly thank Thee for untold 
blessings poured out upon the people of this great Nation. From our 
earliest beginnings, we have placed our trust in Thy power to guide and 
defend us. We reaffirm that trust as we seek Thy strength, Thy wisdom, 
Thy inspiration, and Thy love to be upon our Senators in their 
deliberations and efforts and decisions this day.
  We thank Thee for the valiant men and women of our Armed Forces, as 
well as for our veterans, and ask Thee to bless them and their families 
with safety and with Thy comforting love. We pray likewise for each 
individual and family unit, and ask Thee to particularly bless fathers 
and mothers with ability to instill virtue in its many forms in their 
children.
  We express our love and gratitude for Thy tender mercies in all our 
trials and challenges, and do so with a concluding moment of silence, 
allowing each to offer the personal benediction of his and her own 
heart and faith.
  Amen.

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