[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 99 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S5639]
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.
  Gracious God, the Rock of Ages, giver of unchanging sources of 
stability and strength, guide our Senators for today's journey. Infuse 
them with the hope that will lift them into the light and peace of Your 
presence. Turn their shadows of doubt into the daybreak of faith. 
Defend them from the forces that nourish injustice and from 
indifference that causes hearts to break.
  May they strive to please You both in will and deed. Lord, let 
nothing test them beyond their strength, for Yours is the authority and 
the power forever. Amen.

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