[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 24]
[Senate]
[Page 33268]
[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 God, You have brought us to this season of great 
expectations. Prepare our hearts to welcome Your coming. Use our 
Senators to bring good tidings of peace and unity. May no low mood, no 
frustration, and no sense of futility cripple their effectiveness. 
Instead, let our lawmakers embrace optimism as they serve You and 
humanity. Deliver them from the temptation of trying to make it in 
their own strength and, instead, help them to yield to the inflow of 
Your wisdom, insight, vision, and guidance.
  Lord, we also pray for the millions who live in constant deprivation: 
The homeless and the hungry, the oppressed and the persecuted. We pray 
for those in prison and their families. We pray for the poor of our 
cities, the street people, the lonely, and the forgotten elderly. Help 
us to share our more than enough with those who rarely have enough.
  We pray in the Name of the judge of all the Earth. Amen.

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