[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  We praise You, O God almighty. Let Heaven and Earth adore You, for we 
are sustained by Your majesty and might. Bless our Senators, guiding 
them around the many distractions our busy world offers. Lord, deliver 
them from the inclination to pray pedestrian and comfortable prayers. 
May they instead pray courageously about even the things they fear and, 
in Your presence, hear You say, ``Don't be afraid; it is I.'' Remove 
the barriers of fears, suspicions, and doubt that keep them from You. 
Be with them every hour of this day, teaching and guiding them with 
Your wisdom.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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