[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[HO]
[Page 6071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, we bless You and thank You for Mother Earth. Earth's beauty 
calls forth wonder in children and offers daily sustenance to the 
elderly. Earth is common ground for all human life and invites us to be 
respectful and grateful for her diverse gifts of land and sea.
  Help us to learn from her seasons the wisdom of Your timing. May the 
variety of her species and the potential of her resources teach us 
prudence and perseverance. May her fruitfulness give witness to Your 
ever-faithful love; and her tilt to the Sun model our turn to You to 
face every need.
  Earth is home for us all, but no one's lasting city. With all her 
laws of nature, Earth is stable yet ever-changing, making all dependent 
upon You both now and forever. Amen.

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