[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 158 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S7691]
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 and everlasting God, who forgives the sins of the penitent, 
create in us contrite hearts and renew a right spirit within us. Give 
our Senators this day, O God, peace with You that banishes fear. Help 
them to believe in Your power so they may be certain You are able to do 
for them more than they can ask or imagine. When the tasks are beyond 
their powers and duty calls for more than they have to give, may they 
find their strength in You. Make them willing to do what is painful in 
the short term to avoid even greater pain in the long term. Lord, give 
them confidence that You will protect them in the future even as You 
have sustained them in the past.
  We pray in your great Name. Amen.

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