[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 200 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5719]
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 Lord God, source of our joys, answer us when we call to You. 
With Your mercy and grace, free us from the troubles that challenge us. 
We acknowledge that no problem is too difficult for You. Lord, we bring 
You our needs and challenges, asking You to do for us more than we can 
ask or imagine.
  Give the Members of this body the patience to live courageously with 
life's trials, knowing that You are the author and finisher of their 
faith. Lord, use them this day to bring healing where there is pain, 
hope where there is despair, and peace where there is warfare. May our 
Senators serve You with pure exemplary lives and thereby give those 
whom they lead an ideal to follow.
  We pray in Your righteous Name. Amen.

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