[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Most merciful God, You have been better to us than we deserve. Accept 
the grateful labors of our lawmakers as they seek to meet the 
challenges of our times. May they not become weary because of the 
obstacles they encounter but trust You to order their steps. Hear even 
the silent prayers of their hearts as they give their time and strength 
to make America an instrument of Your purposes. Lord, help them to 
remember it is righteousness that exalts a nation but that sin is an 
equal opportunity destroyer. May they humble themselves in prayer, 
seeking Your face as they turn from evil, so You will hear our prayers, 
forgive our sins, and heal our land.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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