[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  God of all life, we seek You in a world filled with challenges and 
problems. Prepare the Members of this body for the rigors of solving 
life's riddles today. Give them the wisdom to seek common 
opportunities, to accomplish Your divine will in our world. Make them 
instruments of Your love in the midst of hatred and strife. Teach them 
to spend and be spent for the good of others.
  Lord, we intercede for them. Give them the spiritual tools for 
strength of thought, lightness of heart, sincerity of conviction, and 
clarity of purpose. Renew their commitment to You as their inspiration, 
their strength, their courage, their guide, and their Lord.
  We pray in Your omniscient Name. Amen.

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