[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9229]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Gracious God, from whom all blessings flow, we lift our hearts to You 
in prayer, not because we are perfect but because we are flawed human 
beings in need of You. Help us to find Your judging truth, Your 
cleansing pardon, and Your comforting promise.
  Today, as the Members of this body listen, study, ponder, and 
discuss, give them special wisdom to sit and sort and filter the voices 
so that out of debate and decision may come truth, justice, and 
righteousness. Lord, use our Senators so that Your will may be done on 
Earth as it is in heaven. We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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