[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain Cherita Potter, National Chaplain, American Legion 
Auxiliary, Seaside, Oregon, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Lord, we thank You for this day and the opportunities it 
presents to us.
  Fill us with a renewed spirit, never to waver when the way is hard. 
Prepare each of us with open hearts and broadened minds to face the 
many challenges set before us.
  Direct our thoughts and emotions so that we may exhibit fair judgment 
and the practice of good core values.
  May the principles of justice, freedom, democracy, and loyalty be 
ever preserved for a happy and secure America.
  Open our eyes to the needs of others. Make us sensitive to the issues 
of poverty, racial, sexual, and age discrimination, war and peace, 
pollution and our environment.
  Help us to recognize and grasp the opportunities for service, that 
each one of us might make a difference.
  God, we thank You for this great Nation and the service men and women 
who defend and protect our freedoms. Help us to know how to best honor 
and support them. Fill them with strength and courage to endure.
  May Your blessings be with those suffering from the ravages of war 
and our duty to them be ever on our minds.
  We are comforted by Your presence as we pray for a peaceful Nation.
  In Your Name we pray, amen.

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