[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6707]
[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, strong to save, we know that You desire to save and 
not to destroy. Save our Senators from the blindness which is not even 
aware of mistakes. Save them from the pride that ignores the security 
of many advisers. Save them from the self-will which can see no flaw 
within itself. Save them also from the callousness that will not care 
for those in pain.
  Lord, save us all when we put the blame on someone or on something 
else, and from hearts so hardened that we cannot repent. Today, give 
our lawmakers a sense of destiny and a deep dependence on Your guidance 
and Your grace.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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