[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5243]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Holy One, who expresses Your love to us each day, shower us with Your 
mercy that we may rejoice and be glad. May the gift of Your presence be 
more than sufficient to meet the needs of our Senators. Lead them to 
Your truth and inspire them with Your love.
  Lord, give the Members of this body the wisdom to depend on Your 
power and to stand firm as they meet the challenges of our time. Do for 
them far more than they can ask or imagine. As they strive to do Your 
will, teach them to say the right thing at the right time and to serve 
with faithfulness. Keep them humble and fill them with a spirit of 
gratitude. May they always be willing to acknowledge their total 
dependence upon You.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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