[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Be merciful to us, O God. Because of Your constant love, because of 
Your great mercy, wipe away our sins of commission and omission. During 
this legislative stalemate, help our lawmakers to test all things by 
their own conscience, seeking to do right as You give them the ability 
to see it. Stir their hearts, making them bold to follow Your ways. In 
these days that try our souls, strengthen our weakness, replacing 
cynicism with faith and cowardice with courage.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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