[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Compassionate God, we need Your help to meet the challenges of our 
time. Manifest Your might for the honor of Your Name. Surround our 
lawmakers with the shield of Your favor so that their work will 
accomplish Your will on Earth. Use them so effectively that the hopes 
and dreams You have for Your world might be more fully realized in our 
day. Lord, open their minds to a wisdom that can change and shape our 
times, according to Your plan. And Lord, bless the many faithful 
staffers who labor long hours behind the scenes of the legislative 
process.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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