[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16506]
[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 Lord, You inspire us to joyfully resign to Your will, 
refusing to demand our own way.
  Fill our lawmakers with patience, contentment, and peace. Provide 
them with interior humility, not just the outward form. Give them a 
spirit that enables them to be easily reconciled with others, 
determined to labor for the common good. May they remember to cast 
their cares on You, leaning on Your sustaining power. Use them to 
encourage and build up each other, striving always to accomplish the 
most good for the most people.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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