[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 144 (Monday, September 26, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5961]
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.
  Sovereign God, our lips sing Your praises and our souls rejoice in 
You. We pause now in prayer to enter Your throne room and seek Your 
face. Thank You for the opportunity You give our lawmakers to protect 
our freedoms and to share with others the hope that is ours as a free 
people. Use them to increase joy and peace in our world and to bring 
hope to the hearts of the dispossessed. Help our Senators to see more 
clearly the spiritual values that are the heritage and guide for this 
land we love. Let their thoughts, words, and actions be acceptable to 
You today and always, O Lord, our strength and our Redeemer.
  Amen.

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