[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, architect divine and the definer of measured change, help 
us to seize the present moment and accept our place in Your loving plan 
for us and for this Nation.
  By Your grace, enable us to notice all the love that surrounds us and 
the unconditional love that comes from You alone. Fill us with gracious 
thanksgiving for all our many blessings, so the joy of gratitude may be 
shared with everyone who has a place at our table of life.
  To You be praise and thanks, Almighty God, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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