[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 112 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4215]
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.
  Our Father in Heaven, because of the abundance of Your mercies, we 
thank You for the gift of another day. We don't pray for tomorrow and 
its needs, but we do intercede for this day, which now bathes us in its 
returning light.
  Lord, give wisdom and courage to our Senators, as You set Your seal 
upon their lips. Restrain them from speaking words that needlessly hurt 
or discourage. As lovers and servants of this land of freedom, make our 
lawmakers worthy of the past and equal to the present. Mold them to 
Your purposes. Fashion them with Your powerful hands. Shape them on the 
anvil of these days of destiny into instruments fit for Your use.
  We pray in Your majestic Name. Amen.

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