[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, our strength and salvation, You are worthy of all praise 
because true guidance has been granted this free Nation throughout its 
history.
  Members of Congress, now chosen to make decisions that will honestly 
address the present needs of Your people, need Your help. Reward their 
efforts to establish equal justice for all and to make judgments in 
accordance with Your commands.
  You can reach down and shatter any present barrier that hides the 
vision to progress. You can raise up Your forces beyond any wall of 
anger or prejudice and set all free; so united they may advance Your 
holy will.
  We place all our trust in You, now and forever. Amen.

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