[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Father, be with our Senators not only in great moments but also 
in the repetitive and common tasks of life. Make them children of faith 
and heirs of peace. May they tackle even mundane responsibilities with 
integrity and faithfulness, cheerfulness and kindness, optimism and 
civility. Lord, give them wisdom to be patient with others, ever 
lenient to their faults and ever prompt to praise their virtues. May 
they bear one another's burdens and so fulfill Your law. Keep them ever 
mindful of the brevity of life and of the importance of being faithful 
in little things.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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