[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 143 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6041]
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.
  Holy God, sustainer of humanity, if it were not for Your love, our 
burdens would be too heavy and the journey would seem too difficult. 
But because of Your mercies, we can mount up on wings like eagles.
  Draw near to our Senators today. Breathe upon their thinking with 
Your truth and illuminate their understanding with Your light. May the 
pressures of the world not intimidate them, but may they receive Your 
strength so that they can shape our Nation and world according to Your 
purposes.
  Lord, maintain in them the fidelity of those to whom much has been 
given. May this be for them a productive day because they have placed 
their trust in Your strong and guiding hands.
  We pray in your Sacred Name. Amen.

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