[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Forever God, Lord of the beginning and the end, thank You for being 
our creator and sustainer. Uphold our Senators as they go forth today 
to do Your work.
  Lord, keep them from the detours that prevent them from making real 
progress and provide for all their needs. Save them from perplexity and 
fear as You remind them that everything will pass away, but You are 
eternal. Help them to avoid every sin and to forsake every source of 
evil.
  Give our lawmakers and all of us who work with them Your strength to 
endure and Your courage to triumph in things great and small that we 
attempt for the good of all.
  We pray in Your majestic Name. Amen.

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