[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12074]
[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 Spirit, by whose providence our forebears brought forth this 
Nation, use our lawmakers to make a better world. Empower them to 
remove those things that obstruct the coming of Your Kingdom on Earth. 
As they strive for human betterment, may they experience the constancy 
of Your presence.
  Lord, give them the wisdom to give primacy to prayer, seeking Your 
guidance in all they think, say, and do. Teach them the lessons they 
ought to learn, enabling them to grow in grace and in a knowledge of 
You.
  And, Lord, with the approach of September 11, we pause to thank You 
for Your sustaining and prevailing providence. Remind us to not put our 
trust in human might, but in Your grace, mercy, and power.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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