[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11771]
[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, the fountain of every blessing, hallowed be Your 
Name. In these tempestuous times, give our lawmakers strong minds, 
great hearts, and true faith. Make them people whom the lust of office 
does not kill or the spoils of office cannot buy. May they be people of 
honor, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking. 
Lord, empower them to use their gifts to magnify Your Name. May Your 
Kingdom come and Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Our 
souls silently wait for You, O God, for from You alone comes salvation. 
You alone are this Nation's rock and sure defense.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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