[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2650]
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 God, continuing the work of Your creation, You shape our 
history and establish Your realm of equality and justice.
  The beauty of spring puts to rest our fears that winter would last 
forever. The movement of the moon and the stars removes the season of 
dark memories. Nature commands us to adapt to an ever-changing world of 
light and hope.
  Not called to master other peoples or the currents of time; not 
called to master nature but only uncover its secrets; not called to 
master other nations we will find peace.
  Created in Your image and likeness, Lord, we struggle to be unique 
persons of distinct integrity. Finding ourselves in the land of 
freedom, we are ever-learning how to live in community.
  Simply called by Your wisdom and grace, we are to master only 
ourselves both now and forever. Amen.

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