[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2131]
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, on yesterday, we commemorated the end of American 
slavery. We were reminded by the violence in our land of the truth of 
John 8:34, which states:

       [E]veryone who sins is a slave of sin.

  Free us from fear, self, others, and sin. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 
and deliver us from the chains of hatred and prejudice. As we remember 
Juneteenth, may we offer ourselves to become slaves of righteousness.
  Lord, help our lawmakers and everyone they serve to discover the 
holiness to which You call us, as we experience the eternal freedom to 
be found in living for Your glory.
  We pray in Your powerful Name. Amen.

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