[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, who turns night shadows into morning, we pause in the 
freshness of this new day to seek Your guidance and to understand Your 
will.
  Lead our lawmakers as they strive to serve the American people. Mold 
our Senators to Your purposes, fashion them with Your hands, and shape 
them into instruments for Your use. May they be sincere and honest in 
their relationships with one another, modeling integrity in all they 
do. Lord, empower them to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly 
with You.
  Bring sense and system to our disordered world so that we may find 
the pathway that leads to peace.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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