[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9031]
[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, give to us today the measure of grace we need to obtain 
Your promises. Lead our lawmakers to so embrace these promises that 
they will accept Your guidance, obey Your word, and walk in Your way. 
Lord, give them the grace so to run that they may reach their goal and 
so keep the faith that they may be true to You to the very end. Make 
them wise with Your wisdom, strong with Your strength, and pure with 
Your holiness.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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