[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 195 (Saturday, December 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8745]
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.
  Today, O God, we magnify Your Name for Your purity, holiness, and 
justice as the Judge of the universe. Let Your purity, holiness, and 
justice be seen on Capitol Hill today. Bind our lawmakers together in 
the oneness of a shared commitment to You, a passionate patriotism, and 
a loyal dedication to find Your solutions for the concerns that 
confront and often divide us. May the words of our Senators and the 
meditations of their hearts be acceptable to You. Use their labors so 
that justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty 
stream.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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