[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11462]
[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 God, You deserve the honor, the glory, and the praise from 
our mortal lips, for You alone are omnipotent. Shine Your light upon 
the challenging path which our lawmakers must walk, dispelling the 
shadows of doubt and division. Lord, use our Senators as instruments of 
Your glory, keeping their faith strong as they trust You to order their 
steps and choreograph their destinies. May their labors bring solace to 
the needy, the marginalized, the lost, the lonely, and the least. Help 
them to remember that they are Your servants, called to serve Your 
purposes in their generation.
  Lord, we ask Your special blessings on our new lawmaker Senator 
Markey as he is sworn in today.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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