[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25105]
[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 God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, we praise You that You 
have not left us solely to our own resources. Instead, You promised to 
be our strength, our ever-present help in time of trouble.
  Lord, our lawmakers need You during these challenging days. Guide 
them with Your wisdom, as Your loving providence prepares the road 
ahead. Give them the grace to be valiant pilgrims of life's sometimes 
dreary and dusty way. Teach them to toil and ask not for reward save 
that of knowing they do the things that please You. May the spur of 
conscience be the guiding star to lead them to the right decisions. 
Strengthen their will to always choose that which is morally excellent 
rather than what is politically expedient.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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