[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  High and Holy God, we praise Your Name. Bless Your work in all the 
places of this world. Strengthen those who labor in distant mission 
fields and protect those who fight for our freedoms in foreign lands. 
Touch the lives of Third World victims of disease and destruction, of 
poverty and pathology, of tyranny and neglect.
  Lord, remember our own land. Quicken the hearts of our lawmakers that 
they may be forces for good. Guide the efforts of those who work in our 
Government's executive and judicial branches, providing wisdom for the 
challenges they face. Redeem us from selfishness as You build into us a 
holy reverence for others and a desire to pursue Your purposes. We pray 
in Your blessed Name. Amen.

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