[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, who inhabits eternity but dwells in contrite hearts, we 
magnify Your Name. Shine the light of Your love, joy, and peace into 
the hearts of our Senators today. May they make the commitment to stand 
for whatever is pure and true and just and good. Help them to labor for 
the rights of the weak and the oppressed, putting principle before 
partisanship and others before self. Lord, give them brave, true, and 
compassionate hearts as they strive to live for Your glory. Open their 
ears that they may hear Your voice calling them to high endeavors.
  We pray in Your great Name. Amen.

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