[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14735]
[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 and everlasting God, we praise Your Name for all those who 
answer the call to serve You and country. We confess that we often pay 
honor to people who labored for liberty long ago, but we sometimes 
neglect to appreciate those who sacrifice for freedom today. Forgive us 
when we resist those in our own time and in our own associations who, 
for our own good and for the good of the Nation, challenge our rigid 
ideas of thought and patterns of action.
  Make our lawmakers, this day, open to greater creativity in their 
convictions so that they may become partners with You in these 
challenging times by paying the price for unity.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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