[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15667]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, we desperately need Your steadfast love to sustain us 
during this difficult time. Lord, give our lawmakers the wisdom to 
distinguish between truth and error and the courage to act upon those 
insights. Help them to avoid the shortcuts that lead away from Your 
will, as You make them Your eyes, ears, feet, and hands to bring solace 
to those who suffer. Give them a hatred of all hypocrisy, deceit, and 
shame, as they seek to replace them with gentleness, patience, and 
truth.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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