[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4993]
[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 Holy God, friend unseen, we lean on Your everlasting arm. Help our 
Senators throughout life's changing seasons. When they are discouraged, 
fill them with Your faith. When they are oppressed, empower them to 
persevere with Your might, for You are our strength, our rock, our all. 
Remind them that any effort You require of them will ultimately have a 
positive effect. Give them the spirit of wisdom so that they will know 
You better. Lord, guide them so that they will find a way to unite in 
producing creative legislation.
  We pray in Your gracious Name. Amen.

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