[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Hear our prayers, O God. Attend to our intercession. You are the rock 
of our hope, our refuge in the time of storm. Forgive the things that 
blemish our personal lives, leading us away from Your standards of 
purity. Forgive us for every action that obstructs the coming of Your 
kingdom.
  Today, help the Members of this body to experience the constancy of 
Your presence. Lord, fill them with the higher wisdom that leads a 
nation toward greatness. Show them what needs to be changed and give 
them the courage to do it. Sustain them by the radiant vision of the 
ultimate triumph of Your kingdom.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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