[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S5]
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.
  Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of a new 
year. We have received great benefits from Your hands and lift to You 
our grateful praise.
  Lord, lead our lawmakers on the road You have chosen. Guide them with 
Your counsel and teach them with Your precepts. Give them the spirit 
they ought to have that they may do what they ought to do. Lord, this 
is the day You have made. We will rejoice and be glad in You, for Your 
joy is our strength. We pray in Your great name. Amen.

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