[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2960]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious Lord, Your love for us is changeless; keep us faithful even 
when the way is difficult.
  Bless and use our Senators for Your honor. Infuse them with reverence 
and awe for You and Your purposes. Become their fountain of spiritual 
life and the source of their secret desire. Lift and liberate them from 
the petty and divisive, and fill them with genuineness and integrity. 
As You lead them from the false to the true, strengthen their faith in 
You. Set their hopes on things that are true and right as they serve 
You according to Your will.
  We pray in the Redeemer's Name. Amen.

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