[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 24]
[Senate]
[Page 32559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, from whom all noble desires and all good counsels do proceed, 
crown the deliberations of our lawmakers with spacious thinking and 
with sympathy for all humanity. As they face perplexing questions, 
quicken in them every noble impulse, transforming their work into a 
throne of service. Lord, shower them with Your blessings, enabling them 
to see and experience evidences of Your love. May their consistent 
communication with You radiate in their faces, be expressed in their 
character, and be exuded in positive joy. Sanctify this day of labor 
with the benediction of Your approval.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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