[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Spirit, our guardian and guide, deepen our trust in Your will 
and Your purposes. Lord, use our lawmakers as diligent partners in 
doing Your will on Earth. May they not lose heart or become discouraged 
because of the daunting problems they must solve, but each day may they 
resolve to faithfully labor to please You. Help them to be good 
stewards of the gifts You have given by striving for peace and justice, 
sacrificing for the needy, and transcending differences for the sake of 
the common good.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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