[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1918]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Our Father, be with us not only in great moments of experience but 
also during life's mundane tasks.
  Through the power of Your Spirit, may our Senators mount up with 
wings like eagles, running without weariness and walking without 
fainting. Lord, give them the wisdom to be patient with others, ever 
lenient to their faults and ever prompt to appreciate their virtues. 
Rule in their hearts, keeping them from sin and sustaining their loved 
ones in all of their tomorrows. Surround them with the shield of Your 
favor, as You provide them with a future and a hope, accomplishing in 
their lives more than they can ask or imagine.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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