[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5590]
[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, our Father, give our lawmakers today high aspirations 
as You lift their thoughts above everything that would keep them from 
fulfilling Your purpose for them. Let Your blessings be upon them, 
enabling them to know the joy of giving You their whole heart.
  Lord, we are grateful that Your power extends beyond humanity's 
powers and achievements, for Your thoughts are as high above our 
reflections as the heavens are above the Earth. Give us serenity of 
mind in spite of life's tensions and tumult, so that we will find the 
paths of peace.
  Again, Lord, we ask You to bless the victims and families of the 
explosions in Boston and Texas. We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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