[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28510]
[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 God, our Father, we wait to serve You as You desire. Make us alert 
to the needs of those lives You seek to touch. Lead us to opportunities 
to transform hurting people, bringing relief to captives and comfort to 
the oppressed.
  Empower Your Senators in this endeavor. Use them as ambassadors of 
reconciliation. Give them such winsome dispositions that they will 
bless even those who are hard of heart and withered in spirit. May they 
comfort those who are brought low by sorrow, and lift those who are 
bowed by life's burden. Use them to inspire those who walk through the 
valley of shadows.
  We pray in Your precious Name. Amen.

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