[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14477]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, to whom all thoughts are revealed and all desires 
known, we pray for this large Senate family. Lord, you know the secret 
needs of each person on Capitol Hill, those who are hurting or feel 
frustrated, discouraged, or exhausted. You know who has stopped loving 
and those who are experiencing estrangement in important relationships. 
You know also when guilt is corroding a soul.
  Today, we ask You to bless all those who need Your love and healing, 
providing them with the grace and renewal only You can give. Lord, do 
in their lives exceedingly, abundantly, above all that they can ask or 
imagine, according to Your power working in and through them.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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