[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S9857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, we thank You for this day and for the freedoms and 
liberties of this Nation. Bless our leaders with wisdom and compassion 
so that they may serve You with faithfulness.
  Guide our Senators so that they will honor one another and serve the 
common good. Help them to remember that they live and govern only 
through Your grace. Lord, pour Your love into their hearts so that 
their words and actions may be seasoned with Your fragrance.
  Also, Lord, extend Your loving-kindness to those in our world who do 
not experience the blessings of freedom. Use our lawmakers to bring 
deliverance to captives and to help the oppressed go free. We desire to 
pray according to Your will. Amen.

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