[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16826]
[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 and everlasting God, who governs all things in Heaven and 
Earth, mercifully hear our supplications and give us Your peace.
  Lord, give our lawmakers this day the grace and wisdom to measure 
personal convictions in the light of truth and courage. Empower them to 
act consistent with enlightened conscience, however costly to personal 
ambition. Give them such a sense of duty that they may leave nothing 
they ought to do undone. Infuse them with a sense of gratitude that 
they may offer thanks to You by striving to do Your will.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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