[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord God Almighty, Maker of heaven and Earth, open our minds to the 
call of love that we may measure our attitudes and responses by this 
standard. Deliver us from the delusion that we are self-made and 
increase our dependence upon You.
  Bless our Senators. May they give attention to their personal health 
and family relationships, as they seek to be Your instruments for good. 
Remind them that You alone, O Lord, have the wisdom and power needed at 
this critical hour. Assure them of Your presence, love, and grace in 
their labors. Give them fresh strength and vision, as You renew them by 
the power of Your spirit.
  We pray in the Name of him in whom is all power in heaven and on 
Earth. Amen.

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