[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 91 (Thursday, June 7, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H6113]
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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:
  ``If we have received good things from the hand of the Lord, why 
should we not accept evil as well?''
  Lord, great comfort is provided in this wise question of Job. In 
times of adversity and anxiety, it is good for us all to recall the 
gifts You have given us, our Creator, just so that we are able to 
address what confronts us. Things often taken for granted mean more 
when inner strength is tested.
  So it is, Lord, we approach this day with renewed gratitude for good 
health and strong relationship in family and in colleagues in Congress. 
We are also grateful for Your Divine Providence which has brought to us 
this moment and Your Word and wisdom to guide us that we may accomplish 
the multiplicity of tasks set before Congress on just an ordinary day.
  But since our times are so powerful and threatening, Lord, Job's 
advice moves us, or should, to deeper gratitude. Only then will we be 
able to deal with whatever evil we need to face.
  The times require us, as never before, to be grateful for our 
constitutional government, all the natural and human resources of this 
country, as well as the prayers and encouragement of the American 
people, for everything, Lord, is Your gift to our Nation. Gratitude 
will be our strength, now and forever.
  Amen.

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