[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H10905]
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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:
  Lord God, You alone can trace the deepest fault lines of history and 
read the highest aspirations of the human heart.
  We pray You, O Lord, to be with the Members of the House of 
Representatives today. Give them sound judgment and make them as 
practical and ``street wise'' as the American people who sent them here 
as their representatives.
  Help them to withstand open criticism when they know what is right 
before You and conscience. Often they are characterized by half-truths 
and attributed motives that are far beneath them. Uphold them at such 
times, with personal integrity and compassion for those most in need. 
Having called them to serve others to the best of their ability, lift 
them even higher by Your grace and power to live and work for the 
greater glory of God, both now and forever. Amen.

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