[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 190 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8469]
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.
  God, our King, You are clothed in majesty and strength. Your throne 
has been established from the beginning and You existed before time 
began.
  Help our lawmakers today to do their work, striving to labor for Your 
glory. Give them the purity of life and honesty of purpose to walk in 
Your way. Lord, strengthen their heart and mind that they may worthily 
measure up to the role You have ordained for them. Thus, may they 
fulfill their vocation to the glory of Your Name and the advancement of 
Your kingdom.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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