[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Sovereign Lord, You are our strong shelter and hiding place. We 
praise You for Your love and wisdom. Lord, You are too wise to make a 
mistake, too loving to be unkind, and too powerful for Your providence 
not to prevail. We are grateful that You have the final word about what 
happens in our Nation and world, so teach us to patiently wait for Your 
will to be done. Guide our lawmakers, giving them a clear comprehension 
of Your plans for our Nation. As they depend upon Your wisdom, fill 
them with the courage to accomplish those things that will unite rather 
than divide us. Inspire us all to experience the constancy of Your 
presence.
  We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.

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