[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1433]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, who enters into dialogue with Your people and receives our 
prayers and petitions, be with the people of the United States who have 
established through the Constitution three branches of government.
  May this government by the people ever flourish with Your blessing 
and by Your divine guidance. May each branch of government be faithful 
to its constitutional duties and firm in its unique sovereignty.
  Together, may the branches strengthen the tree of national unity so 
that all citizens may grow in peace and patriotism.
  This we ask, placing all our trust in You, Almighty God, both now and 
forever. Amen.

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