[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6145]
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, in whom we live and move and have our being, give our 
Senators Your blessing as they seek to serve this Nation and all 
people.
  Lord, we lift our hearts and thoughts to You today, for You alone 
reign over creation and sustain us in good and bad times. Give us a 
sense of fairness in all we do; that Your message of peace and justice 
will be known in the lives of all citizens. Give us strength to do what 
we can do and to be what we can be as we remember that without You, we 
can do nothing.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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