[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14729]
[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, the source of all wisdom, thank You for the reminder at 
today's joint meeting of Congress that we should practice the Golden 
Rule. May this marvelous rule inspire our lawmakers to do unto others 
as they would have others do to them, bringing more civility and 
cooperation into our legislative process. May our Senators see their 
legislative vocation as an opportunity to do good for all people, 
defending and preserving the dignity of humanity as they learn to seek 
Your image, even for the most vulnerable in our world. May the Golden 
Rule motivate our lawmakers to reduce violence in our world, to give 
hope to those trapped in cycles of poverty, and to build bridges to 
overcome historic differences. Lord, help us all to seize this moment 
in history to serve Your purposes for our lives, leaving the world 
better than we found it.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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