[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, who has given Your servants diversities of gifts, bless all who 
love and serve humanity. May this time of change help us remember the 
importance of making Your priorities our own.
  Lord, give wisdom and strength to our lawmakers as they seek to build 
bridges of consensus for the good of our land. Strengthen them with the 
assurance that the purposes of Your providence will prevail. Light up 
their small duties and routine chores with the knowledge that glory can 
reside in the common task. Reward them with Your peace and joy.
  Lord, we ask Your rich blessings upon our Senate pages who will be 
leaving us tomorrow.
  We pray in Your powerful Name. Amen.

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