[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S3289]
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.
  Shepherd of our souls, You enable us to lie down in green pastures, 
as You restore our hopes. Let Your love fill and rule our Senators as 
they seek to serve You by serving this land we love. May they be 
willing to pray for one another with the awareness that they are 
wrapped in a blanket of mutuality and are the heirs of a common 
destiny. Lord, empower them to live such exemplary lives that people 
will see their good works and glorify Your name. Relieve their 
necessities, lighten their burdens, as they cheerfully submit to Your 
gracious will.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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