[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7017]
[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 Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need Your tender 
care. Lead our Senators today away from cautious complacency and from 
impulses which can bring regrets. Lead them toward the freedom that 
trusts Your providence and believes that in everything You work for the 
good of those who love You.
  Lord, give us all, by Your grace, pure hearts that love only the 
highest and clean minds that seek only the truth. Let nothing deflect 
us from Your path so we will always follow You and never lose our way.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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