[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 40 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  All powerful and ever-living God, Your Divine Providence has blessed 
this Nation from its beginning. Your Divine Providence is evidenced in 
our Declaration of Independence and speaks through our Constitution to 
the rest of the world.
  Lord, help us to embrace this same truth of Your Provident Love as 
this country wrestles with national issues today and desires to address 
problems facing the international community of nations in our times.
  May every individual working in Congress see that every moment is 
given to us by You, Loving Lord, and thereby bears Your holy will for 
us now.
  May each of us seek Your divine purpose for us and be disposed to 
become Your instrument to accomplish the great task of establishing 
Your kingdom of peace, Your reign of truth and Your rule of justice by 
every word we utter, every decision we make and every action we take 
this very day. Amen.

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