[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord, magnificent in mercy, plenteous in grace, and generous in 
love, we pause to confess our shortcomings. Forgive us for speaking 
when we should listen and for manipulating facts to suit our purposes. 
Forgive us also for waiting for opportunities instead of creating them. 
Lord, we have forgotten, faltered, and failed, and we ask today for 
Your mercy.
  Strengthen our Senators for today's journey. Give them strong hearts 
and sound minds to do their ethical best in representing You. As they 
look to the future, give them the wisdom to join their plans to Your 
will and to do Your work on Earth. Lord, radiate Your hope through 
them, making them positive people who are expectant of Your best for 
our Nation and world.
  We pray in Your precious Name. Amen.

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