[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S29]
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.
  Eternal Spirit, our guide and strength, we need Your guidance. Show 
us the path to meaningful life. Reveal to us the steps of faith.
  Today, use the Members of this body to do Your will. Quicken their 
hearts and purify their minds. Broaden their concerns and strengthen 
their commitments.
  Lord, show them duties left undone. Remind them of promises unkept 
and reveal to them tasks unattended. Lead them, Father, through this 
season of challenge to a deeper experience with You. Then, send them 
from Your presence to be Your instruments of good in transforming our 
Nation and world.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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