[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6092]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  In the beginning, You created Adam and Eve, not because You needed 
mankind but because You wished to share Your friendship and Your gifts 
with humanity.
  Even now, Lord, You do not need our prayers. You need not our service 
as if You could not shift the pattern of the world without our intent 
or efforts at goodness and justice.
  Rather, it is by Your grace You lead us to do what is right and 
timely. By following Your commands and prophetic word, we find 
salvation for ourselves and search out the ways of peace with others. 
Simply by doing Your will are we led to where we belong and prove our 
connectedness to You and the world around us.
  So, in all we say or do, we can either consciously or unknowingly 
give You glory, honor and praise both now and forever.
  Amen.

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