[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22010]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Heavenly Father, thank You for our many freedoms. Help us to use 
them, not to hide behind safe walls but to make our world a better 
place. Teach us to live with eternity in our view and to refuse to let 
the world squeeze us into its mold.
  Lord, give wisdom to our lawmakers. May they seek Your approval above 
the hollow applause of men and women. As the servants of this Nation, 
may they strive to be filled with Your spirit of wisdom, knowledge, and 
understanding. Use our Senators to reverse the spiritual and moral 
drift of our Nation by exemplifying righteousness, repentance, 
rectitude, and reconciliation in the lives they lead.
  We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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