[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8780]
[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 God, hear our prayers. You are the source of all our blessings, 
the author of our liberty, and the guide for our future. Make us a 
people with reverence for Your Name.
  Infuse our lawmakers with the spirit of Your kindness so that they 
may desire to give rather than to get, to share rather than to keep, to 
praise rather than to criticize, and to forgive rather than to condemn. 
May their lives be the reflection of Your goodness and grace, as they 
commit themselves to enjoy the privilege of working for You.
  We pray in Your loving Name. Amen.

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