[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Strong Deliverer, You are our strength and shield. Use Your powerful 
arms to help those in need and to prepare us to be instruments of Your 
purposes. Lord, listen to our longings and hear our cries as we 
intercede for this land we love. Bring to America the righteousness 
that exalts nations as You lead us away from those sins that bring 
reproach to any people. Use our lawmakers in this endeavor so that they 
will plant seeds that will produce a moral and ethical harvest. May 
their lives provide exemplary models of moral excellence so that people 
can see their ethical congruence. Teach them to hate pride and deceit 
as they strive to treat others as they want others to treat them.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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