[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21463]
[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, who has given us this good land for our heritage, 
empower our Senators to have clean hands and pure hearts worthy of a 
nation that depends on You. Spare them from impure thoughts, careless 
manners, and compromising conduct. Keep them humble and eager to accept 
Your forgiveness and renewing grace. Lord, infuse them with such a 
spirit of civility that they will be peacemakers who are called Your 
children. Create in them pure hearts that they may understand Your will 
and follow where You lead.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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