[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 101 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2623]
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 God, who has placed our tears in a bottle, today we weep. We 
weep because every death diminishes us. We weep because of the grief of 
George Floyd's family. We weep because of the explosive impact of 
deferred dreams. We weep because of the potentially catastrophic 
consequences of peaceful protesting during a pandemic. We weep because 
justice delayed is justice denied. We weep because of the paralysis of 
analysis that often impedes Your prevailing providence. We weep because 
of our personal culpability during these tragic times. We weep because 
of our sins of commission and omission. We weep because we know You are 
weeping.
  Today, use Your lawmakers for Your glory. May they strive to find a 
vaccine to inoculate our Nation against hate, sin, and despair.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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