[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2525]
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, You are our shelter from the storm. Lord, thank You that 
though wrong seems so strong, You continue to rule.
  Lord, we pray for grieving families who have become the collateral 
damage of domestic terrorism. We pray for sons and daughters, for 
fathers and mothers, for sisters and brothers who have had their lives 
maimed by the incomprehensible.
  Lord, use our lawmakers as sowers of reconciliation. Where there is 
hatred, may they sow seeds of love. Where there is despair, may they 
sow seeds of hope. Where there is falsehood, may they sow seeds of 
truth. Lord, permit this planting to produce the harvest of a more 
perfect Union for this land we love.
  God bless America.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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