[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 181 (Sunday, December 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S12523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Lord God, the source of our strength, as we labor this 
weekend, we are grateful for Your keeping power. Lord, You sustain us 
and this land we love through dangers seen and unseen. Your 
faithfulness and mercy astound us, for throughout our Nation's history, 
Your loving providence has guided us through sunshine and storms.
  Today, accompany our Senators in their work. May they feel Your 
presence, hear Your whisper, and follow Your leading. Remind them of 
the momentous nature of the work they seek to accomplish, as they 
remember that history will critique their labors. Help them also to 
take solace in the fact that they are ultimately accountable to You. We 
pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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