[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12072]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, without You, we are but disappearing dust. Draw near to 
our Senators, for in Your presence, they find their dignity and 
destiny. Breathe into them an awareness of Your presence and the saving 
knowledge that they belong to You. May this awareness inspire them to 
walk the days of their years in service to You and humanity. Lord, help 
them to remember that You are changeless, nor is there any variableness 
in Your judgment and mercy. Remind them also that they can depend on 
You for the vindication of every just cause and the forgiveness of 
every confessed sin. May they trust You to give them strength to work 
today, free of fretting and frustration.
  We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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