[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Father of all, out of the noisy world, we come to this quiet place of 
prayer. We depend on Your goodness, Your mercy and grace.
  As our lawmakers face the challenges of their calling, inspire them 
to have a mature faith in Your providential leading. Lord, fill them 
with Your spirit so that they will acknowledge their dependence on You 
for every breath they breathe and every creative thought they think. 
May today be for them a building block for making America a nation that 
glorifies You.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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