[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15524]
[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 God, in whose presence our souls take delight, to whom in 
affliction we call, forgive us for continuing to sow to the wind even 
when hearing the sounds of the approaching whirlwind.
  Lord, when our Federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to 
the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, it is time for 
our lawmakers to say ``enough is enough.'' Cover our shame with the 
robe of Your righteousness. Forgive us, reform us, and make us whole.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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