[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 80 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S4211]
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.
  Eternal God, our judge and redeemer, who orders our steps and directs 
our paths, use our Senators today as instruments of Your will. 
Commission them to meet the perils and possibilities of our times, 
humbly and courageously. Lord, deliver them from insulating privilege 
that obscures humanity's needs, as You keep them from pride that scorns 
to do the servant's task. Make them Your agents to restore those who 
are broken in body and spirit. Empower them to be messengers of hope to 
those from whom hope is gone. Use our lawmakers to bring a new day of 
justice and peace to our Nation and world.
  We pray in Your omnipotent Name. Amen.

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