[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God, true humility will not automatically come to us when we 
choose to bow our heads in prayer or when we acknowledge our sins or 
shortcomings. More often, we are most humbled when overwhelming 
circumstances far exceed our control or natural disasters or human 
events surprise us.
  Lord, the horrific tragedy of biblical proportions in Haiti has 
deeply touched us all. At the same time, this island community has 
called forth from the contemporary world a flood of compassionate 
prayer and created a mighty force of coordinating resources, personal 
generosity and heroic action.
  Grant wisdom, prudence, and fortitude to rescue workers, medical 
teams and caretakers who deliver aid and supplies.
  Your mighty presence is known, Lord, when true poverty casts a fresh 
light on another's wealth, when the weakness of some brings forth 
greater strength from the rest. Sickness leans on the healthy. The dead 
are lifted up and buried to protect the living.
  How noble is this great sacrifice of the living and the dead. The 
human proportions of such love cannot be measured. We watch and say, 
``Amen.''

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