[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15718]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, Father of all, as we approach the weekend, we praise You 
and we bless You, for our fathers, both living and dead.
  Their very presence or their memory may endow us with strength 
wrapped in gentleness, forbearance revealed in practicality, and a 
self-giving love which is a reflection of Your creative life and 
goodness.
  May the fathers of this Nation be the first and best teachers of 
their children to find satisfaction in hard work, greatness in moral 
character, and faith in powerful ways.
  May all fathers be blessed in their work, in their games and sports, 
and in the joys of family life.
  This we ask of You, Heavenly Father. Amen.

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