[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10976]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arms have bound the restless 
waves, let Your still small voice echo down time's corridors to renew 
our lawmakers and to lift their vision. Inspire them to dedicate 
themselves to eternal values and to be unafraid of the consequences of 
following the highest standards they know. May they run from the 
success purchased at the cost of cowardice and cunning. Guide them, 
Lord, by Your living word, as You infuse them with the spirit of 
service. Help them to see that nothing they do can separate them from 
Your love but that they can block the experience of Your joy. Remind 
them to make Your joy their strength.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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