[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1541]
[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, our helper and friend, guide our Senators this day. Help 
them to walk the way of surrender to Your will, guided by Your wisdom. 
Refresh them with Your spirit to quicken their thinking and reinforce 
their judgment. Show them the spiritual foundations of our heritage 
that they may conserve and protect them. Draw them close to You and to 
one another in humility and service. And, Lord, spare them from 
arrogating to themselves the judgments which belong to You alone.
  We pray in Your wonderful Name. Amen.

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