[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7485]
[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 provider, give to our lawmakers provisions for their 
daily needs. Give them grace to keep Your commandments, to accept Your 
guidance, to stay on Your path, and to walk in Your light. Lord, give 
them stamina to run until they reach their goal and to be true to You 
until the very end. Make them this day wise with Your wisdom and strong 
with Your strength. Help them to believe in Your power so that they may 
be certain that You are able to do for them more than they can ask or 
imagine.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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