[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 8 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H329]
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, our light and our salvation, be with all the Members of the 
legislative branch of government as they work from discussion to 
decision, from prayer to action.
  May the immediate scene of Haiti prove to be a living parable of Your 
redeeming love, lifting Your people from slavery to freedom, from death 
to new life.
  When the media has tired of its story, Lord, allow the commitment of 
liberation and justice to grow, that the good news of Your faithful 
presence will overcome the shadowy image of death and destruction.
  So may Your people rejoice, Lord, in finding the treasure of Your 
kingdom here, even on Earth, for Your gospel story will last forever 
and ever.
  Amen.

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