[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8493]
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, the center of our joy, guide our lawmakers through this 
day by Your higher wisdom. Give them the clarity of thinking needed to 
solve the complex problems of our time. As they depend on Your words 
and guidance, give them peace that comes from knowing they are 
instruments of Your glory. Lord, help them never to be silent in the 
presence of injustice or impurity. Replace fear with faith, falsehood 
with truth, and greed with justice.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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