[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17265]
[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 Father, who is above all, You are the source of our joy. 
Continue to lead our lawmakers on the right road. Enter their hearts 
and enlighten their minds so that they become instruments of Your 
glory. Strengthen them to take up their daily cross with willing hearts 
and open hands. May they abandon all of life's petty concerns and 
embrace Your loving providence. Make them exemplary models of merciful 
service. May the matter-of-fact orientation of this scientific age 
never blind them to the glory, the wonder, and the mystery of life.
  We pray in Your faithful Name. Amen.

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