[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11487]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord our God, we turn to You for strength and courage and faith. We 
thank You for Your promise to supply all our needs from Your bountiful 
reservoir of grace.
  Today, empower our lawmakers to find new opportunities for service. 
Lord, infuse them with such hope and purpose that their labors will 
bring a harvest of goodness and justice that will reign in our land and 
world. May our Senators yield their attitudes and dispositions to Your 
control so that they might work effectively with each other.
  We pray in Your gracious Name. Amen.

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