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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Shutdown: As Seen Through Prayer in the Senate [Watch (HLS stream): The Shutdown: As Seen Through Prayer in the Senate](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XJEvFyyU.m3u8) (2:51)  _Published 2013-10-03. Watch Senate Chaplain Barry Black lead the prayer on the Senate floor through each day of the shutdown._ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:49 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Senate Chaplain Barry Black: "It Is Time For Us To Move Beyond Thoughts and Prayers"](/video/ZrY1UkpU/) ### Senate Chaplain Barry Black: "It Is Time For Us To Move Beyond Thoughts and Prayers" [Senators Speak On The Senate Floor Amidst Government Shutdown](/video/SmSXlvYi/) ### Senators Speak On The Senate Floor Amidst Government Shutdown [Dalai Lama Gives Prayer on Senate Floor](/video/Vqh4iSNt/) ### Dalai Lama Gives Prayer on Senate Floor --- ## Transcript The Senate will come to order and the [ UNKNOWN ] retired admiral Barry Black will lead the Senate in prayer. Let us pray. Lord, lead them away from the unfortunate dialectic of us versus them. As they strive to unite. For the common good of this land we love. Let them not be content, to wait and see what will happen but give them the determination to make the right things happen. Let us pray. In these days that try our souls, strengthen our weakness, replacing cynicism with faith and cowardous with courage. We pray, in your Holy name. Amen. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Oh God, we are helpless without your power unless you empower our lawmakers. They can see the ideal but not reach it. They can know the right, but not do it. They can comprehend their duty, but not perform it. They can seek the truth. But not fully find it. Let us pray. Have mercy upon us, O God, and save us, from the madness. We acknowledge our transgressions. Our shortcomings, our smugness, our selfishness and our pride. Create in us clean hearts, oh God, and renew a right spirit within us. Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable. Remove the burdens of those who are the collateral damage. Of this government shutdown. 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