[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God Almighty, the legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, 
Jr., lives on in our day.
  As we witness the horrible tragedy of Haiti on television and we 
become more attuned to the heartbeat, sympathy, anxieties, and hopes of 
America, the House of Representatives might call to mind the image Dr. 
King used. His prophetic call was for people everywhere to transcend 
race, class, nation, and religious differences to embrace a vision of a 
``World House.''
  Here and now, let us do our part to embrace his image and work to 
fulfill his dream for a universal dwelling on Earth as it is in heaven. 
Lord, we want a place for every person in our society where all have 
equal justice.
  We pray for a home where conflicts may be resolved in a spirit of 
love and forgiveness, without violence, and wounds can be healed.
  Lord, let Dr. King's vision and promise for the future resonate in 
every human heart until it becomes a way of living, living up to Your 
design for us.
  This we pray now and forever. Amen.

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