[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 137 (Saturday, October 5, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7215]
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 of Heaven, You are great, and we come before Your throne with 
reverence. Lord, look at us and hear our prayers for our Congress, our 
Nation, and our world. Make our lawmakers so transparently just and 
fair that falsehood may be banished by the truth that sets us free. 
Supply the needs of those who are hurting because of this government 
shutdown as You give our Senators the conviction that with You all 
things are possible.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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