[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21500]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal Father, strong to save, You are ever faithful in Your love 
and concern for us all. In turn, You ask us to be faithful, listening 
to Your word and taking it to heart.
  You require us to be faithful to our commitments, to Your 
commandments, to each other and those we serve in Your holy name.
  Forgive our faults and failures. Help us to learn from our mistakes. 
May we recognize personal shortcomings so to make us all the more 
understanding of others.
  May Your forgiveness free us to live a new life and be more 
forgiving. Thus may Your compassion for the poor, the weak and the 
alienated, Lord, guide us now and forever.
  Amen.

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