[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2653]
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, yesterday, millions witnessed a full solar eclipse. Many 
resonated with the sentiments of the Psalms that the heavens declare 
Your glory and the skies show forth Your handiwork. Your hand guides 
through the boundless skies the flight of water fowl. Let that same 
hand take us away from the self-sufficiency that ignores our need for 
You. Lord, make our hearts receptive to Your plans.
  Today, bestow upon our lawmakers special gifts of wisdom and 
understanding that they may uphold what is right and follow what is 
true. Increase their faith, strengthen their judgment, and quicken 
their zeal for integrity and honor.
  We pray in Your powerful Name. Amen.

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