[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3200]
[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 God, eternal and unchangeable, You have ordained that day 
follows night and that in trials we find our triumph. Keep our 
lawmakers aware of Your goodness and mercies, which never fail. Lift 
them above contention and disappointment to an optimism that trusts the 
unfolding of Your loving providence. May they also live with the 
awareness that our times are in Your hands. Lord, give our Senators the 
wisdom to rededicate themselves to the doing of Your will, so that this 
Nation may yet shine with the beauty of righteousness and justice, as a 
citadel of healing, wisdom, and strength.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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