[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31841]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Spirit, the giver of every good and perfect gift, as we enter 
the Thanksgiving season, heighten our gratitude for the blessings You 
so lavishly bestow upon us. Deepen our appreciation for the resources 
so uncommonly plentiful in our land. Lord, so many in our world live in 
fear. You have enabled us to live in freedom. So many in our world are 
hungry, but we have plenty to eat. So many in our world can't read or 
write, but You have placed in our Nation great institutions of higher 
learning. So many in our world don't know You as Savior, but we are 
grateful for Your saving love.
  Use our Senators today to touch hurting lives. Make them sensitive to 
the pain in our world. May they become such good stewards of their 
influence and power that they will be advocates for the voiceless, the 
weak, the poor, the elderly, and the neglected. Let compassion be the 
hallmark of their deliberations. We pray in the name of Him who gave 
His life for all. Amen.

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