[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4864]
[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, take from us anything that doesn't honor You. Remove 
covetousness, pride, anger, or anything that is unlike You. Replace our 
negatives with positives, making us lowly, peaceable, patient, and 
kind.
  Lord, fill our lawmakers with faith, a firm hope, and a charity, that 
they love nothing that displeases You. Raise them up to be seated with 
You in heavenly realms, as they strive to be instruments of Your 
purposes.
  Thank You for being rich in mercy and for Your grace that never gives 
up on us.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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