[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4955]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by our guest 
Chaplain, Rev. Ricky A. Phillips, Pastor, St. John's Church, Winfield, 
PA, and Zephyr Union Church, Lewisburg, PA.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Creator God, our Maker and Redeemer, You bless us every day with the 
beauty of creation. When we look at creation, we can see the beauty of 
its diversity. In this room today, we can see this wonderful diversity. 
There are many different God-given talents.
  May Your presence be felt by all the Senators, and may they come to 
You for guidance and comfort. May You bless them and give them the 
ability to recognize the strength of this diversity in its fullest 
capacity.
  These are tough times. There are many who are in need. There are many 
who are hurting.
  Empower our Senators to celebrate this diversity by helping them to 
reconcile these different talents so that they can help those who are 
in need and those who cannot defend themselves. May they yield 
themselves to Your will in order to fulfill Your purposes for our 
Nation and the world.
  In Your holy Name. Amen.

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