[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  O God, who loves us throughout the seasons of our years, set our 
Senators today on a path where they will grow in wisdom and in 
kindness. Make them wise enough to remember the poor and needy in our 
land and kind enough to find creative ways of touching hurting lives.
  Help them to be wise enough to forgive others as You have forgiven 
them and kind enough to find ways to bless those who despitefully use 
them.
  Lord, empower them to be wise enough to seek Your solutions to their 
complex problems and kind enough to express gratitude to You, the giver 
of every good and perfect gift.
  Give them wisdom to find ways to bring peace out of conflict, light 
out of darkness, and hope out of despair. Then infuse them with a 
kindness that will motivate them to seek to serve others to the glory 
of Your Name.
  In all their strivings, enable them to live as wise and kind 
ambassadors of Your purposes.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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