[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10888]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  As Your people and as a Nation, we hear Your summons: ``Sing a new 
song to the Lord.''
  Our song, Lord, is the song of freedom. As our ransom, You have set 
us free. As Your children, we chose to resemble You in all our choices 
and decisions.
  Throughout our history, some others have been shocked by the rhythm 
of our song; others have been inspired to find their own voice and 
enter the song.
  But the song of true freedom is planted within us by You, O Lord. 
Your spirit finds expression and touches others around the world 
because Your song of freedom comes from our hearts. So all honor, power 
and glory go to You, Lord, now and forever. Amen.

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