[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 29294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Father in Heaven, You know all the roads by which each of us has 
come to serve in our government's legislative branch. You know the 
pathway our feet now are treading and what the future holds, for You 
are the architect of our destinies.
  Give our Senators strength sufficient for this day. Remind them that 
their times are in Your hands. Infuse them with the blessed assurance 
that You are the love that never forgets, the light that never fails, 
and the life that never ends. Keep them close to You and open to each 
other as they do the tasks that preserve our freedoms. We pray in Your 
sovereign Name. Amen.

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