[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 200 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S10061]
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, to whom a thousand years are but a moment, help us to 
maximize today's possibilities with humble and grateful hearts.
  Lord, please bring peace on Earth and goodwill to humanity.
  Lord, have mercy upon the Ukrainian people as they seek to survive 
warfare during a freezing and fearful Christmas. Remind us all that 
humanity is wrapped up in a blanket of mutuality and tied to a single 
garment of destiny.
  Continue to use our lawmakers as instruments of Your peace, 
empowering them to make the rough places smooth and the crooked places 
straight.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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