[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 26 (Sunday, February 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S837]
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.
  Almighty God of love, bring unity to Capitol Hill.
  Lord, we do not ask for uniformity with its leveling process that 
reduces everything and everybody to its lowest common denominator. We 
ask for true unity with its bountiful diversity in which each person 
finds individual fulfillment in doing Your will.
  Lord, give our Senators unity to light the symphony with its variety 
of instruments, its many different notes which produce grand harmonies. 
May our lawmakers reduce these melodies on this Super Bowl Sunday by 
seeking to understand before being understood, to console before being 
consoled, and to serve before being served.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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