[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27686]
[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 Lord, still our busyness that we may take time to hear Your 
voice. Focus the attention of our lawmakers that they may be attuned to 
Your special speaking. Silence the noises that distract them, enabling 
them to hear Your still, small voice. Infuse them also with such 
courage that they will patiently endure even Your silence, as they seek 
to fulfill Your purposes by their labors. Lord, visit them with Your 
presence and power until Your will is done on Earth as it is done in 
heaven.
  We pray in Your righteous Name. Amen.

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