[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, help of the ages past, hope for the years to come. 
Today, give our Senators special gifts of wisdom and understanding that 
they may uphold what is right and follow what is true. As they pursue 
Your purposes, make them instruments of justice and peace who foster 
mutual understanding and cooperative endeavors. Lord, help them to 
remember that our times are in Your Hands, for You are the light that 
never fails and the life that never ends. In all their relationships, 
private and public, lead them in the paths of righteousness, for Your 
Name's sake. Daily renew in them a sense of joy.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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