[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9733]
[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 Spirit, we are overwhelmed by Your majesty and grateful for 
Your indescribable love. But we are also overwhelmed by our 
inadequacies, our failures, and our sins. Lord, forgive us for the 
misusing of the talents and abilities You have given us. Help us to cut 
through our preoccupation with ourselves and become more fully involved 
in fulfilling Your purposes.
  Today, set the hearts of our Senators upon new paths as they 
acknowledge that no true peace is possible outside of Your will. Guide 
them to produce creative legislation that will fulfill Your will on 
Earth.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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