[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 158 (Saturday, December 4, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S8513]
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, source of all our joys and all our abundance, as we 
convene for this rare Saturday session, we acknowledge that no problem 
is too difficult for You. Lord, we bring You our needs and 
difficulties, asking You to take over the things that are more than we 
can handle.
  Give the Members of this body the patience to live bravely with 
life's challenges, knowing that You are the author and finisher of 
their faith. Use our lawmakers this day to bring healing where there is 
pain, hope where there is despair, and peace where there is conflict. 
May they serve You with pure, exemplary lives and thereby give those 
whom they lead an ideal to follow.
  We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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