[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Loving God, You are just and compassionate. As we labor today, we 
need Your strength. Forgive us for becoming impatient, for being too 
busy, too distracted, and too quick to speak or act. Forgive us for not 
taking time to think or to pray. Bless our Senators in their work. May 
they labor with integrity and faithfulness, cheerfulness and kindness, 
optimism and civility. Lord, keep them ever mindful of life's brevity 
and of the importance of being faithful in life's little things. Help 
them to seek to serve rather than to be served, following Your example 
of humility and sacrifice.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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