[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17837]
[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 and present in our day, help this Congress to 
move forward in hope. Each new day in this land of freedom is an 
opportunity for Your people to venture forth, alone or connected to 
others, into the vast horizon of the future.
  Relying on Your hope, give to Your people vision in place of 
confusion, and confirmation of noble ideas and good judgment. Help the 
representatives of Your people to work for the common good, with 
discerning eyes, contemplative listening, and reasoned decisions.
  May they lead this Nation to be people of faith by being attentive to 
Your commands, to become Your instrument and accomplish Your holy will, 
both now and forever. Amen.

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