[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Spirit of God, descend on our hearts, for apart from You, life is 
sound and fury signifying nothing.
  Make our lawmakers great enough for these momentous times. Deliver 
them from pride and prejudice as they seek to live worthy of Your great 
Name.
  Lord, transform common days into transfiguring and redemptive moments 
because of the power of Your presence and the wisdom of Your words. 
Cleanse the fountains of our hearts from all that defiles and make us 
fit vessels for Your honor.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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