[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2421]
[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 God, our comfort and guide, as we begin this day in the 
forward march of history, we acknowledge Your sovereignty. Your 
unfailing love and mercy continue to sustain us, and we put our hope in 
You.
  Today, fill our lawmakers with Your wisdom, enabling them to shoulder 
the demands of decisions, the strain of conflict, and the uncertainties 
about tomorrow. Let Your justice guide their thoughts and Your 
righteousness direct their steps. Fill them with Your joy and use them 
for Your glory.
  Make each of us a blessing and not a burden, a lift and not a load, a 
delight and not a drag.
  We pray in the Name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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