[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13393]
[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 Spirit, thank You for the miracle of Your love. We discover 
Your affection in the beauty of nature and the farflung immensity of 
space. We feel Your embrace in the orderly movement of the seasons, in 
the laws of seedtime and harvest, and in the unfolding of Your merciful 
providence. We receive Your kisses in the cry of a new baby, in the 
softness of a leaf, and in the lilies of the field.
  Today, use the Members of this body as agents of Your love. Remind 
them that they fulfill Your will by loving You passionately and by 
earnestly caring for their neighbors. Open their ears to the cries of 
the less fortunate. We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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