[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 40 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1685]
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.
  God of peace, Author and Finisher of our faith, You hung the stars in 
their place and put the planets in their orbit.
  Inspire our Senators to commit this day and their lives into Your 
gracious care. Give them vision to discern their duties and the 
strength both of heart and resolve to discharge them. May they 
rededicate themselves to serving those in need, obeying Your command to 
labor for the least and the lost in our world. Lord, enable our 
lawmakers to be a credit and not a debit in the ledger of Your 
providential purposes.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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