[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Everlasting Father, enable us to love You with all our hearts, souls, 
minds, and strength. Give us humility so we can see Your divine image 
in the people around us and serve You by serving them. Let this love 
expressed in service transform our Senate, Nation, and world.
  Lord, bless our Senators. Make them kind in thought, gentle in 
speech, generous in actions. Lift their lives from the battle zone of 
combative words to a caring community of integrity, respect, and 
civility. Teach them that it is better to give than to receive, that it 
is better to serve than to be served. Lead them to a humility that 
speaks great things for others.
  We pray in Your precious Name. Amen.

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