[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Creator God, who has nurtured us throughout the seasons of our 
sojourn, give to the Members of this body the love, strength, and 
wisdom to do Your will. Keep them walking in the paths of righteousness 
and let them feel Your abiding presence in times of joy and sadness. 
Lord, empower them to hold fast to the good will that unites them, 
making them instruments of Your purposes to bring peace in our days, 
peace to our souls, peace to our families, peace to our country, and 
peace among nations. May they be moved by Your majesty and motivated by 
the magnitude of the responsibilities You have entrusted to them.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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