[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Well-ordered time is cosmic set.
  The sun seems to rise from the Earth. Yet in truth, it is the Earth 
that moves. Each morning gives rise to this mistaken perception.
  Lord God, during the rest of this day, let us not be deceived by 
half-truths, which reshape simple desires into felt needs.
  Do not allow our past experiences so crowd the mind there is no 
openness for surprises.
  Rather, Lord, give us the strength to meet the truth with all its 
demands to change and accept.
  Once again, by Your power, the truth will set us free to act as Your 
children both now and forever.
  Amen.

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