[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Shepherd of souls, who neither slumbers nor sleeps, we seek the 
completeness that can only be found in You. Lift us above Earth's 
strident noises until we hear Your still small voice in our inmost 
being.
  Lord, give the Members of this body the wisdom to permit their deep 
needs to drive them to You. Give them the wisdom to heal divisions and 
to liberate the oppressed. May Your presence break down every divisive 
wall and bring a spirit of unity. Silence disruptive voices that would 
ignite and inflame disunity. Today we again ask Your choicest blessings 
upon our military men and women and their families who give so much to 
keep us free.
  We pray in the Name of Him who came to set us free. Amen.

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