[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Father in Heaven, holy is Your Name. You brought light from darkness 
and order from chaos. You can bring order to our Nation and world. 
Thank You for the gift of this day and for our borrowed heartbeats. 
Thank You also for the privilege to serve You by serving our great 
country.
  Use our lawmakers to do Your will. May they become Your merciful 
hands to reduce the pain and pathology in our world. Lord, use their 
daily experiences of joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, victory and 
defeat for Your glory. Protect them with the shield of Your love as You 
fill their hearts with Your peace.
  We pray in Your marvelous Name. Amen.

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