[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  For us to approach You in prayer, Lord, does not mean we have 
exhausted all of our own energies and so now are forced to turn to You. 
You do not exist only on the edge of our outer limits.
  Rather, Lord, You are at the very center of all existence. In prayer 
we simply become more aware of Your presence at every moment and in 
everything we do.
  Lord, through our prayer, all reality and all our responsibilities 
take on new dimensions. In the midst of everything we discover the joy 
of Your creative presence and faithful love.
  You bless the day. You bless Congress and this Nation both now and 
forever.
  Amen.

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