[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 31 (Friday, March 5, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1211]
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, we thank You for the beauty of our world. We are 
grateful for the dawn of the morning, for the stars in the night sky, 
for the gifts of love and friendship, for the sublime splendor of the 
sacred, and for every radiant hope that inspires us to persevere.
  Today, help the Members of this body to live worthily of Your grace, 
rising above worry, fear, and contention. May they see the best that 
glimmers through the worst, aware that You continually work for the 
good of those who love You. If there are any broken relationships with 
others that need healing, we ask for Your reconciling power. Throughout 
this day, may our lawmakers submit the work of this Senate to You and 
seek Your guidance.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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