[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 19, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6701]
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.
  Immortal, invisible, God only wise, You are surrounded by 
inaccessible light. Today, help our lawmakers make substantive progress 
in their efforts to keep America strong. Remind them to trust You for 
today's challenges and difficulties, knowing that You hold all our 
tomorrows in Your hands. May this perspective of trusting the future to 
Your powerful and loving providence infuse them with a spirit of 
optimism to believe that they will reap a bountiful harvest if they 
persevere in doing what is right. Lord, give them the serenity to 
accept what they cannot change, to change what they should, and the 
wisdom to know the difference.
  We pray in Your righteous Name. Amen.

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