[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, March 12, 2009


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, throughout the ages You recognize, more than we, those who 
show the greatest courage and patience in difficult times such as 
during war.
  Those who serve in the military are often in our prayers, Lord, and 
deserve this Nation's greatest respect and gratitude. You alone know 
however the great sacrifice their families face when preparing to 
deploy, during deployment, and when their loved one comes home. Even 
more pain and long suffering is endured by those military families who 
lose a family member in service to their country.
  Today, the House raises up in prayer all military families. 
Strengthen them in love and faith that they always prove supportive. 
Provide them with great grace and inner freedom to embrace the 
separation and flexibility demanded of them due to military orders.
  Lord, above all others, it is the voice of military families that are 
proudly heard when our Nation's anthem is sung from ``the land of the 
free and the home of the brave.'' Amen.

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