[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 175 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  O Mighty God, the giver of grace and mercy, we bless Your holy Name.
  Today, empower our lawmakers to walk in Your will and follow Your 
leading. Give them clean hearts and renew a right spirit within them. 
Teach them to serve You as You deserve, to give and not to count the 
cost, to strive and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for 
rest, to labor and not to ask for any reward except that of knowing 
they are doing Your will.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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