[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Father, whose goodness and beneficence sustains us, thank You 
for the challenges of this day and for the opportunity to do Your will 
on Earth. Lord, we acknowledge that it is from You that we borrow our 
heartbeats.
  Today, guide the steps of our lawmakers so that they will follow Your 
precepts and fulfill Your purposes. Keep them from temptation, from 
weakness and sin. Lord, fill them with a vibrant faith that will not 
shrink though pressed by many a foe. May their moments and their days 
ever flow in ceaseless praise.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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