[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, You reign in robust majesty, and we face our labors with joy in 
knowing that You are always with us. We rely on Your word and celebrate 
Your holiness, mercy, and love.
  Use our Senators today to accomplish Your will on Earth. Help them to 
remember that You desire to use them to speak and live for You, so that 
others may find in them the way to You. Be their defender and the 
keeper of body and soul all the days of their lives. Imbue their minds 
with Your vision of what is best for our Nation and world.
  We pray in Your faithful Name. Amen.

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