[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's opening prayer will be offered by Rev. 
James E. Smith, senior pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 
in Pioneer, LA.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Almighty God says, in 2 Chronicles, ``If my people, which are 
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, 
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will 
forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be 
open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this 
place.''
  Lord, please grant our lawmakers the humility to know that complete 
consensus on most of the moral, religious, or political issues of these 
times is beyond their control. Only You, Almighty God, can move this 
body to seek Your wise counsel and live to honor You above all else.
  As Apostle Paul says, in Ephesians, ``Endeavour to keep the unity of 
the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.''
  May God bless America. Amen.

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