[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Our guest Chaplain, the Reverend Dr. Adolphus 
Lacey, senior pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY, will 
open the Senate in prayer.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, we evoke Your Name in this place. We thank You for the 
life and for giving it to us more abundantly. We thank You for the 
power and privilege of prayer, and we humbly approach Your throne of 
grace to thank You and share our petitions.
  We offer thanks to those who surrender their lives in service to this 
great Nation by willingly choosing to represent us. We thank You for 
their families and friends who loan them to us. May there be no lack in 
their lives because of their service.
  We pray that, at this moment, You will pour out Your spirit of wisdom 
and compassion on these Senators as they chart the course of this 
Nation. Embolden them with the burden that they are someone's last 
resort and the hope that they can make a difference in someone's life.
  Bless this assembly as they wrestle with how to express Your love for 
all of us and for this moment. Then, O God, bless all the people of all 
the States in this land that we love, to emulate and require of our 
leaders what you require in the words of the Prophet Micah: to act 
justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.
  In Your Name, we pray. Amen.

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