[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, creator of the Earth, the sea and the sky, everything is of 
Your making and all gives You glory.
  This holiday weekend urges us to beg Your blessing upon our labors. 
Whether our work is handcrafted or managed by computer or machine, 
harvested from the field or designed in a laboratory, whether our 
service takes shape in public form, in aerospace or private industry, 
whether in courtroom, hospital, school, home, or in the halls of 
government, Lord, bless the work of Your people. Bless this Nation.
  Our human labor drains our energy, fixes our mind, and uncovers our 
creativity. Daily work adds dignity and accomplishment to daily life 
and all human effort. When our work is expanded to others, hopefully it 
benefits our brothers and sisters. When offered to You as an act of 
worship, it becomes holy. Grant success to the work of our hands, Lord, 
now and forever.
  Amen.

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