[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2687]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Immortal, invisible, God only wise, the gift of each day reminds us 
of Your love. Make us always thankful for Your loving providence and 
Your gracious goodness. Guide our lawmakers on the road to unity. 
Beneath the diversities of gifts and of thought, lead them to seek the 
harmony of common ground. Infuse them, Lord, with a spirit that will 
make them quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, forging 
new alliances of cooperation. Remind them that without You these 
challenging days are but sound and fury, devoid of meaning, dignity, 
and beauty, but in Your radiance, bitterness and disappointments are 
transformed into sweetness and joy.
  We pray this prayer in Your holy Name. Amen.

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