[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22967]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, as a Nation who believes in Your Divine providence, we have 
seen Your right hand guide us in the past. Time and time again our 
Union has been tested by economic threat, civil demonstration, war, 
natural disaster, misdeeds and negligence of the past, as well as 
foreign attacks.
  During these days, we place our trust in You again. Humbled by the 
complexity and varied issues that face this Nation, we beg for Your 
wisdom to guide us, prudence to make good judgments, patience to deal 
with one another, perseverance toward the goal of justice, and 
compassion for those most in need.
  By these virtues, Lord, manifest Your presence in our midst. This we 
ask now and forever.
  Amen.

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