[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15045]
[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, help us to be honest with ourselves and with one 
another. Search our hearts, know our thoughts, and purify our motives 
so that we will treat others with respect and honor.
  Guide our Senators in their work. Help them to bear the cross of 
change and challenge and to refuse to be intimidated by the difficult. 
Give them the courage and humility to take their burdens to You and 
leave them. In all their striving, remind them that it is a greater 
blessing to give than to receive. Help them this day to know You more 
fully, love You more deeply, and serve You more faithfully.
  We pray in Your hallowed Name. Amen.

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