[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Creator of life, You are from everlasting to everlasting. We lift our 
voices in thanksgiving, for You satisfy humanity's spiritual hunger. 
Today, we remember Your guidance that we do not live by bread alone but 
by Your Words that nourish and sustain us.
  Feed our lawmakers with Heaven's bread. May their labors produce a 
harvest of faith, hope, and love. Lord, give them the grace to cherish 
and cultivate the virtues and values tested and confirmed in the 
cubicle of life's daily struggle. Nourished by You, may the earthly 
labors of our Senators fulfill a Heavenly purpose.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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