[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, this is the day that You have made, and we will rejoice and be 
glad in it. Thank You for the beauty of the Earth and the glory of the 
skies. Thank You for the love which from our birth over and around us 
lies.
  Be near today to our Senators. Infuse them with reverence for You. 
May their lives be adorned with civility, integrity, humility, and 
faithfulness. May a spirit of respect and forbearance characterize all 
they do and say, as they hunger for Your truth and thirst for Your 
righteousness. Lord, distill upon them the dews of quietness and 
confidence that in simple trust and deeper reverence they may be found 
steadfast and abounding in Your power.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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