[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord of light and glory, bend Your ears to hear our prayers. Lord, 
deep inside we long to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. 
Give our lawmakers the wisdom to discover Your purposes and the courage 
to obey Your commands. Lord, teach them to promptly make right 
decisions and to resist the temptation to waste the currency of the 
faith and trust of the American people. As they follow Your 
providential leading, may our Senators strive to be instruments of Your 
glory. Use them, Lord, to do Your will on Earth even as it is done in 
Heaven. Into each dark and trying hour, send the illumination of Your 
mercy and grace.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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