[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, help us in our weakness.
  Send forth Your Spirit, for we do not know how to pray for what we 
really need.
  Your spirit within us will make intercessions through groanings and 
longings that cannot always be expressed in speech.
  Because You alone search human hearts, You know how easily we are 
distracted or drawn toward false desires. Help us to find what is truly 
meaningful by seeking to do Your holy will.
  Show us how we can follow Your inspiration and accomplish what You 
want us to do, both now and for ages to come.
  Amen.

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