[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of history, yet ever-present to Your people, as the sunlight 
is diminished, hot winds of pundits and prophets blow across the land. 
People complain with increasing volume to one another, but they are not 
seen crying out to You.
  Jeremiah, traditionally the man of tears, has a teaching for people 
of this information age, how to truly lament. His faith in You is more 
powerful than any terrorist attack, so he refuses to be negative. The 
signs of corruption and ruins of former days surround him, but he never 
allows doubt in You. They are only the consequences of the sinful 
actions found in the powerful and poor alike.
  So believing in the same divine providence which enlightened this 
Nation's Founders, Jeremiah says:
  ``Wise men should not boast of their wisdom, nor strong men of their 
strength, nor rich men of their wealth. If anyone wants to boast, he 
should boast that he knows and understands Me. He knows My love is 
constant, and I do only what is kind and just. These are the things 
that please me. I, the Lord, have spoken.''
  Let those who hear the Word of God say: ``Amen.''

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