[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, shepherd Your people as never before. For the times are 
turbulent. Terrorism and violence in all its forms rips apart the very 
fabric of civilization ancient and new. Competition has broken 
partnership, friendship is rare, understanding between nations is 
threatened.
  Who, but You will replace basic trust and faithful love once found in 
family life! As in the days of the prophet Zechariah, we call out to 
You, O Lord, to show forth Your power.
  Take up Your two staves, one called ``Favor,'' the other ``Union.'' 
With the staff of ``Favor,'' fashion us again as Your people. Renew 
Your covenant love within Your chosen ones. With the staff of 
``Union,'' bind us to one another both in need and in response as a 
people willing to be brother or sister once again.
  Father, may You take delight in us as Your very own, both now and 
forever.
  Amen.

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