[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord of life, King of our hearts and Ruler of all, teach us how to 
lay up treasures in heaven. Empower us to see the importance of setting 
our affections on the things above. Strengthen our lawmakers for 
today's challenges. Give them hearts eager to do Your will. Help them 
to know Your ways and teach them Your paths.
  Today, comfort us as we mourn the deaths of David Lee Hamlett, a 
Senate police officer, and Erma James Byrd, wife of Senator Robert 
Byrd. Help us to bring You our wounded hearts and to tell You our 
anguish. Remind us that Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 
Infuse us with a faith that will not shrink though tossed by the winds 
of trial.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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