[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9334]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Sovereign Lord, we magnify Your Name. Your fairness is intertwined 
with everything You do. You possess absolute purity, holiness, and 
justice.
  Bless the Members of this legislative body. Encourage them when 
courage fails, and comfort them when comfort flees. Lift them when they 
fall, and set their feet on the path of Your providence. Give them new 
hope when they feel hopeless, and lighten the darkness when they feel 
despair.
  We pray for those who mourn, particularly the families of former 
Senators Hecht and Bentsen.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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