[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1176]
[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, whose Name is love, draw our Senators to You by the 
cords of Your eternal love. Help them to strive to know You, 
cultivating a relationship of peaceful trust in Your providential 
leading. Lord, may the experience of being in Your presence enable them 
to better comprehend the role You desire for them to play in fulfilling 
Your purposes on Earth. Sharpen their vision to perceive Your movements 
in our Nation and world. Where there is anxiety, give them the poise 
that comes from a confident faith in You.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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