[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7150]
[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, our Father, thank You for filling our lives with good things. 
We praise You for the daily miracles of light and shadows, work and 
rest, life and love. Lord, we are grateful for Your generosity that 
brings us high thoughts that uplift and pure hopes that beckon and bind 
us to You. We even thank You today for disappointments and failures 
that humble us and for pain and distress that remind us of our need for 
You.
  Finally, we thank You for the women and men of the U.S. Senate, who 
strive to keep freedom's torch burning. Awaken in them a deeper 
appreciation for Your loving providence, as You give them a heightened 
sense of the special role You want them to play in the unfolding drama 
of American history.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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