[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, lead our Senators to do Your will. As they find time to 
spend in Your presence, help them to discern what Your will is in ever 
clearer light. May the knowledge of the laws of sowing and reaping 
create in them a reverence for You, which is the beginning of wisdom. 
Give them courage in the midst of fear, faith in the midst of doubt, 
love in the midst of hatred, and hope in the midst of despair. Lord, 
build their interior strength until they reach unity in the faith and 
knowledge of You, attaining to the whole measure of Your fullness.
  We pray in the Redeemer's Name. Amen.

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