[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1915]
[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 in Heaven, Your counsel stands firm and sure. Fashion the 
hearts of our lawmakers so that they desire to do Your will. Today, as 
we remember George Washington's Farewell Address, may we not forget 
that our Nation is not strong merely because of military might, but 
that integrity and righteousness are also critical to national 
security. Lord, keep our Senators from forgetting Your promise to 
surround the righteous with the shield of Your Divine favor. Help us 
all to continue to find hope in Your loving kindness, for we trust in 
Your Holy Name. May we take refuge in the unfolding of Your loving 
providence.
  And, Lord, thank You for the life and integrity of Justice Antonin 
Scalia.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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