[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 30851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, our gracious King, You are the one clear power of love 
in the midst of lesser powers. Thank You for giving us the confidence 
to know that You hear and answer prayer.
  Use the Members of this body as ambassadors of reconciliation. Help 
them to create laws that will bring wholeness to a fragmented Nation 
and world so that You might be glorified. Teach them, Lord, how to 
discover Your love in each other and to see Your beautiful image in all 
of creation. Lord, settle them down into a contemplative stillness so 
that they will find joy in righteousness, justice, and charity. May 
they speak wise words from a reservoir of wisdom that will transform 
discord into symphonies of peace.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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