[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, hear the prayers of Your people from across this Nation. Bring 
the hearts of all believers together in an act of praise and 
thanksgiving for Your endowment of freedom and the desire to serve You 
by our work and the compassionate love we show this day.
  Make us instruments of peace in the midst of a world filled with 
suspicion, competition and self-deception.
  In us and through us, manifest the gift of reconciliation and 
solidarity that this Congress may be strong in its purpose to serve the 
common good of the people and give You the glory You deserve, both now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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