[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12362]
[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, open our hands today. Help us to use them to relieve 
suffering, to convey friendship, and to serve others. Open our eyes, O 
God, to see Your plan. Teach us Your precepts so that we will honor 
Your Name. Open our minds, Lord. Make us relentless in searching for 
Your truth.
  Strengthen our lawmakers for today's challenges. Infuse them with 
patience and give them a vision of Your purposes for our world. Keep 
them from making judgments without examining the facts and weighing the 
evidence.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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