[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Together let us thank God for another day of life. Lord, we are truly 
gifted with another opportunity to praise and thank You for our many 
blessings. By our being truly present to others today by our work in 
public service on behalf of others, Lord, may we lift up their spirits 
and provide some hope to those most in need.
  Open our eyes, Lord, to see Your wonders that surround us. May a 
faith vision shape our priority of issues demanding our attention and 
may honest responsibility reveal just how much ability we have to 
respond to all Your people and the common good of the Nation.
  Open our hearts, Lord, that we may trust the wisdom shared and the 
faith witnessed when we truly listen to one another. May each of us 
draw closer to one another and so strengthen the union of these United 
States and give You the glory both now and forever.
  Amen.

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