[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1633]
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 loving Heavenly Father, the center of our joy, 
thank You for Your gracious care for each of us. Help our lawmakers 
live today with a sense of accountability to You, striving to please 
You more than others. Awaken them to the fact that You see all they do 
and hear all they say. May they walk from weakness to strength, growing 
in ethical fitness day by day in order to fulfill Your purposes for 
their lives. Lord, give them a special measure of inner peace so that 
they may be peacemakers during times of tension and conflict.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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