[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8368]
[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, help our lawmakers to remember today the great unseen 
cloud of witnesses who compass them about. May the memories of those 
who, in every age and generation, sacrificed for freedom inspire our 
Senators to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with You. Lord, give 
the Members of this body the integrity to walk worthily of those in 
whose unseen presence they live. As they labor on Capitol Hill, infuse 
them with courage in danger, steadfastness in trials, and perseverance 
in difficulties.
  Remembering those who have gone before, help us all to dare more 
boldly, to venture on wider seas where storms will show Your mastery, 
where, losing sight of land, we will find Your stars.
  We pray in Your faithful Name. Amen.

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