[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  O Lord, You are faithful to those who are faithful to You. You are 
even faithful to those who choose to follow their own ways rather than 
turn to You in prayer. You let them wander in their indecision or 
confusion until they seek deeper wisdom.
  Keep Your people from simple reaction. Afford them time to reflect on 
their deepest needs and then turn to You in their darkest hour. At that 
moment give them the strength to fight the battle of justice with truth 
and overcome all obstacles.
  O Lord, give us light and dispel the darkness now and forever. Amen.

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