[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, our guard and guide, we thank You for this new day with 
its opportunities for noble service. As our lawmakers open their hearts 
to You, may they sense that Your presence is as pervasive in statecraft 
as in religion. Illuminate their finite minds with Your eternal light, 
giving them wisdom beyond their own. In their daily lives, may they 
validate the faith of the faithful who have gone before them, as You 
sustain them by the radiant vision of the ultimate triumph of Your 
Kingdom. Lord, remind them that some problems You will not solve until 
they are ready to be used by You in working out the solution.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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