[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 157 (Friday, December 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8033]
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:
  Out of infinite compassion, You, Lord God, bend down to Your people 
and are attentive to their needs. Today, listen to our humble prayer.
  Open our minds to receive Your Word, and dispose our hearts to be 
moved by Your Spirit. Make this Congress strong because it is unafraid 
to admit to Your people that our real difficulties are not merely 
economic. Our true battles are spiritual, and they can no longer be 
solved simply with money or by manipulation.
  As we move toward a globalized world, shaped by technology and 
information, empower this Nation with energetic leadership, attentive 
to people and attentive to science but well aware that scientific 
methods only investigate the surface of Your architectural design of 
creation and to the holistic purpose to awaken human responsibility and 
to lead us to seek You with wonder and gratitude both now and forever.
  Amen.

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