[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Father of life, we praise You and honor Your Holy Name. Awaken in us 
the joy of living this day, all new, in challenge and in hope. Lift our 
hearts amid the fathomless beauty of creation above all malice and 
indifference.
  Use our Senators today to do Your bidding. May they fill these 
precious hours with redeeming radiance and substantive labor that will 
make a stronger nation and a better world. Turn their sorrow into joy 
and their sadness into singing. Give them courage that banishes fear 
and a gratitude worthy of Your grace.
  We pray in Your worthy Name. Amen.

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