[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27029]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  The Holy Scriptures tell us:
  ``The Lord is my stronghold, my fortress and my champion. My God, my 
rock where I find safety . . . ''
  And yet, Lord, even our celebrated stronghold, the home of the brave, 
our heroic military and their families, Fort Hood, can be penetrated 
with violence.
  Be with those fallen, the wounded and their families, as the Nation 
mourns with them and prays with them and for them.
  Renew the fortress of faith and be their champion over all the forces 
of evil, those recognized as outside us and the insidious hidden in our 
midst.
  Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is 
the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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