[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 595]
[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 superintendent of life's seasons, thank You for the 
gift of this day.
  Lord, the paralyzing snow reminds us that to everything there is a 
season, a time for every matter and purpose under Heaven. Give our 
lawmakers the wisdom to seize the opportunities of the myriad seasons. 
May it never be said about their labors that the harvest has passed but 
the work has been left undone. Lord, inspire them to seize the seasons 
of planting and reaping, of removing and building, of speaking and 
listening, of weeping and laughing, of dividing and uniting, of 
scattering and gathering. May the opportunities provided in this season 
enable our Senators to be Your ambassadors on Earth.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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