[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 218]
[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, who has made of one blood all the nations of the Earth, 
hallowed be Your Name. Give Your grace to our lawmakers so that their 
lives will give a witness to Your providential power and love. May the 
words of their mouths and the meditations of their hearts be acceptable 
to You. Give them courage in danger, steadfastness in trial, and 
perseverance in difficulty.
  Lord, we also ask You to touch Senator Mark Kirk with Your healing 
hands, restoring him to robust health.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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