[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God Almighty, You lead Your people, guide them, and help them in 
their every need. You respond to their faith in many ways. You may use 
anyone or anything to come to the aid of Your people.
  At times You bring government or charitable organizations to assist 
Your people. At other times, family members or neighbors help as they 
are able. At other times, You empower a person from within with greater 
imagination or intuition, with more education, or the ability to change 
direction. Sometimes all anyone can do is to pray.
  So today we pray for all those who are overwhelmed by personal or 
social difficulties. We pray for those drowning in debt, those 
threatened by firestorms or foreclosure on their homes, by illness, by 
depression, unemployment or lack of faith. Be faithful, Lord, to Your 
people, even when they are unfaithful and help those most in need. 
Amen.

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