[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15253]
[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 knows the truth when it is still hidden from our mind's 
eye, and Who reads our hearts, filled with hidden desires, we bring our 
needs to You in prayer.
  Sometimes we are simply elated by hope. Often we are overwhelmed by 
the reality of daily concerns. Occasionally we are totally blinded by 
the emotional force field around us. Yet, we try to clear the air with 
our prayer.
  Help us, Lord, to humbly admit that at times we are not fully 
conscious of what is our greatest need.
  Dealing with issues that are beyond psychological admission or 
sociological determination or political timing, Lord, we are led to a 
deeper confidence that You know us better than we know ourselves.
  You will help us if we simply call upon Your Holy Name, and will 
answer our deepest needs, even if we cannot name them ourselves, for 
You are the Creative One and Savior of Your people, now and forever.
  Amen.

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