[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious Creator, whose presence permeates like sunlight, whose mercy 
is revealed through Your ceaseless compassion, and whose authority has 
called the world into being, we call on You to bring forth this day in 
accordance with Your grace plan.
  As the men and women who serve in the Senate gather together in this 
Chamber to exercise the processes of power and politics, remind them 
that it is Your transcendence that presides over today's deliberations, 
Your merciful will that guides the political debate, and Your ultimate 
authority that is the source and foundation of their objectives.
  So reminded, ordain these elected officials this day to wield this 
Nation's legislative power guided by Your presence; to engage in 
partisan discourse in response to Your mercy; and to align their 
objectives in accordance with Your authority, so that all that is said 
and done here may reflect Your presence, Your mercy, and Your power.
  We stand in Your grace and pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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