[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, You are the beginning and the end; the same yesterday, 
today and forever. Be with all Members in the final weeks of this 111th 
Congress. Knowing Your faithful presence to all creation, may they 
graciously enter into this end time with resignation and hopeful 
resolve.
  As the brilliant colors of autumn fade, Lord, we are quite aware the 
trees themselves are planting seeds for future growth. Increased 
moisture and the blanket of fallen leaves will create an atmosphere 
that incubates fragile nature until another season bursts forth with 
the surprise of new life.
  May debate in Congress lead to lasting truth; and compromise unite 
all the elements necessary for a peaceful transition into the next 
cycle of history.
  Amidst the clamor of rhetoric, Your Word stands still in judgment. In 
the broken and the fallen, Your compassion abounds, because You are the 
source of life and love, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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