[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer.
  Let us pray.
  Lord God, eternal and infinite, at the beginning of this new week, we 
give You thanks for the grace You bestow upon us daily. Thank You for 
each morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for 
health and food, for love and friends, for everything Your goodness 
brings.
  Please continue to guide our judgment and actions so that we may 
fulfill Your will. Help us when we are blind so that we may see the 
path You have set before us. Remind our leaders to remember those in 
need.
  Continue to watch over those who serve and protect our country. Lord, 
give wisdom to our Senators as they guide us down the challenging road 
into the future.
  And, Lord, we ask You to comfort Senator Norman Coleman as he mourns 
his father's death.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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