[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18642]
[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 Father, we acknowledge that in spite of the turbulence in our 
world, You are still God. Thank You for Your goodness, for Your 
mercies, and for Your steadfast love that endures forever.
  Bless our lawmakers. May they bring their fragmentary lives into the 
wholeness of Your presence. Calm their restless spirits with the 
soothing strength of Your everlasting security. Make them victors and 
not victims on life's great battlefield. May they find in You grace, 
peace, power, and adequacy to be more than conquerors.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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