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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, Creator of all things, make haste to minister to our 
needs. Lord, give our Senators the wisdom to strive to always maintain 
a clear conscience before You and all people. As our lawmakers hear 
Your voice through the whisper of conscience, inspire them to inquire 
of You regarding what more they can do to bring glory to the King of 
Kings and Lord of Lords. May this aspiration prompt them to seek to 
bring deliverance to captives, the recovery of sight to the ethically 
blind, and to provide a balm to those who are bruised.
  And, Lord, end this government shutdown.
  We pray in Your marvelous Name. Amen.

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