[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  The psalmist understands we all approach God in different ways.
  Some feel distant and lament:
  ``How long, O Lord, will You forget us? How long will You hide Your 
face from us? How long must we be burdened with grief, going about 
sorrowful all day and throughout the night? How long will our 
oppression last?''
  Then some forget self and readily turn to the Lord:
  ``Look now and answer us, O Lord our God. Give light to our eyes lest 
we seem asleep, no longer fully alive but like the dead, lest our 
opponents say, `We have overpowered them' and laugh at our downfall.''
  Still others like ourselves will trust in the Lord:
  ``For our part, we will trust in Your faithful love. Our hearts will 
rejoice, for You will set us free. We will sing of Your goodness to us 
and bless Your Holy Name, Most High, both now and forever.''
  Amen.

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