[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17821]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Lord God, the giver of every good and perfect gift, during 
this Thanksgiving season, we lift grateful hearts to You in prayer. 
Thank You for the splash of raindrops, for the warmth of sunshine, for 
the melody of the moonlight, and for the stars that hang like 
scintillating lanterns in the night.
  Lord, we are grateful for strength to meet life's challenges, for the 
fulfillment of honorable labor, for friendships that dispel loneliness, 
for the laughter of children, and for the joy of the harvest. We praise 
You for the privilege to receive Your forgiveness and to make operative 
Your redeeming grace in our thoughts, desires, and hopes.
  We also express gratitude for our Senators, who have an opportunity 
to participate in history's great events and to serve Your purposes for 
their lives in this generation.
  Lord of all, to You we raise this, our prayer, of grateful praise. 
Amen.

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