[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24164]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Creator of humanity, make us one. Bring unity to our Senate, Nation, 
and world. Help us to see that awesome things can be accomplished when 
we stop worrying about who will get the credit, and that we can achieve 
so much more working together than laboring solo.
  With this unity, infuse us also with a spirit of hopeful pragmatism. 
Lord, give us realistic expectations about our future. Remind us that 
many problems that took decades to create will not be quickly solved. 
Motivate us to make the necessary sacrifices so that rough places will 
be made smooth and crooked places will be made straight.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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