[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 183 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8079]
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.
  O God, our Father, we look to You this day for help. Without Your 
help our Senators can see the ideal but cannot reach it; they can know 
the right but cannot do it; they can seek the truth but cannot fully 
find it; they can recognize their duty but cannot perform it. Empowered 
by Your might, help them to reach beyond guessing to knowing and beyond 
doubting to certainty regarding Your purposes.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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