[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16915]
[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, increase our faith, hope, and love.
  Give our lawmakers more faith to trust You when the skies are dark 
and to believe that in everything You are working for the good of those 
who love You. Give them more hope to refuse to despair, to accept 
disappointments without cynicism, and to experience failure yet try 
again. Give them also more love to be loyal to You, to persevere, 
though pressed by many a foe, and to do unto others as they would have 
others do unto them.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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