[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 12679-12680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of the ages, ever-present to Your people today, You befriend 
humanity by revealing Yourself to all and inserting Your acts in our 
history through strong manifestations of Your Power and the inner 
strength of Your Word.
  Your grace flows in relationships once personal attitudes change and 
a fresh openness occurs toward another. Such is the subtle way Your 
love works in us and through us.
  Be with the Members of Congress and all Americans this week. May they 
imitate Your initiative to befriend others and give You the glory.
  Lord, bring forth honest words from us, even when born out of 
hesitancy and anguish. May affirmative actions follow which will reach 
across the gap of difference and indifference, so You will lead us to 
new understandings, healing and transformation of the

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world. This will inspire new hope in Your people and give glory to Your 
Holy Name, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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