[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, who has placed us here and gives us work to do at the 
opening of the 112th Congress, we pause to thank You for sustaining 
this Nation from generation to generation, in prosperity and in 
adversity. We praise You for this new year with its new horizons, fresh 
challenges, and high duties.
  May the solemn induction of some of our lawmakers become the renewal 
of vows for all. Give our Senators the wisdom to exert their best 
efforts for the security of this land we love. In the words of the 
prophet Micah, may they do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with 
You. Join them in heart, mind, and soul to build a better world.
  Lord, guide by Your high wisdom the President, the Vice President, 
the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, that they 
may ever seek to know and do Your will.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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