[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 963]
[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, we lift our hearts to You, the giver of wisdom and 
strength.
  Guide our lawmakers through the deliberations of this day. Give them 
wisdom to work for justice and to advance Your kingdom on Earth. May 
they set a course for this Nation that unites people in dedication to 
truth and righteousness. Lord, empower them to meet today's joys with 
gratitude, its difficulties with fortitude, and its duties with 
fidelity. Teach them to toil and to ask for nothing more than to know 
they are pleasing You.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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