[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  O God, our Father, in whom we live and move and have our being, use 
our Senators to bring help to others, credit to themselves, and honor 
to You. Give them the wisdom to be cheerful when things seem to go 
wrong, to persevere when things seem difficult, and to stay serene when 
things seem to irritate. Lord, guide them to be at peace with 
themselves, with others, and with You. May their highest motive be to 
earn Your divine approval. Give them a strong faith to believe that, 
though Your will may be hindered and obstructed by human folly and 
failure, it must in the end be triumphant.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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