[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Sent here, Lord, by the people of this Nation to accomplish the work 
of government for the people, Members of Congress rightly feel endowed 
with a mantle of justice. Divine Providence has brought them together 
to honestly face the diversity and complexity of the times in the light 
of constitutional obligations.
  Humbled by the sacred trust placed within them, they also realize 
their own limitations as well as the great expectations thrust upon 
them.
  This House of Representatives for this great Nation stands before 
You, almighty and ever-powerful Lord, seeking Your wisdom and guidance 
to sort out confusion with the clarity of truth, to expose hidden greed 
and corruption to the light of goodness, and to seek ways of peace by 
regulating laws and policies as the bedrock of equal justice.
  May all the Members of this Chamber and citizens across this Nation 
drown out arguments, advertisements, and anger with the depth of 
personal prayer for their government so they find their way, the truth, 
and life in You, in Whom we place all our trust.
  Amen.

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