[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S755]
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, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, we are 
transient creatures who long for a sense of permanence. Give us that 
permanence as we find in You our fixed and abiding center of faith.
  Lord, we praise You because You are changeless, without any 
variableness in Your judgment and mercy. Strengthen our lawmakers for 
the challenges of our times. Keep them in the shadow of Your wings, and 
teach them to show mercy. Use Your powerful arm to rescue our Nation 
from the hands of all enemies of freedom. Let the tranquility of Your 
dominion increase until the Earth is filled with the knowledge of Your 
love.
  We pray in Your glorious Name. Amen.

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