[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6457]
[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 God, Heavenly Father, give our lawmakers strength and courage 
to serve You with gladness and singleness of heart. May they delight in 
Your will and walk in Your ways. Protect them from that preoccupation 
with trivial things which saps the ability of the mind to deal with the 
things that really matter. Lord, prepare them for the role committed to 
their fallible hands in these challenging days, as You bring their 
desires and powers into conformity to Your will. May their individual 
lives be lighted windows amid the encircling gloom. We pray in Your 
righteous Name. Amen.

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