[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24803]
[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 Lord God, You promised that those who passionately seek You 
will find You. So we fervently ask for Your presence. Deliver us from 
worries and distractions that hinder our pursuit of You, and guard our 
hearts and minds with Your peace.
  As frail children of time and fate, we are lost without the wisdom of 
Your providence. Speak to our leaders and draw them into intimacy with 
You. Remind them that neither death nor life, angels or principalities, 
powers or things present or things to come, heights or depths, can 
separate them from Your love. Rescue them from misplaced priorities 
that major in minors and minor in majors. Keep their minds alert and 
their hearts at full attention as they wait for the unfolding of Your 
will.
  We pray in Your hallowed Name. Amen.

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