[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 83 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2507]
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.
  Gracious God, You have made of one blood all the nations of the 
Earth. As hate crimes rise nationwide, deliver us from permitting evil 
to triumph because we do nothing. Lord, make us a people who refuse to 
remain idle during a crisis. Inspire us to avoid the paralysis of 
analysis. Remind us that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice 
everywhere and that we are diminished by every death.
  Keep our lawmakers vigilant, providing our Nation with profiles of 
courage through their striving. Lord, use our Senators to cause justice 
to shine upon those who sit in the shadows of despair.
  And, Lord, thank You for the safe return of our lawmakers from 
Ukraine.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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