[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13863]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Deacon Bob Little, St. Helena Catholic Church, St. Helena, 
California, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we thank You for the beginning of this new day. Be 
fully with us today. Open our eyes that we might see goodness in what 
we do here in this room. Open our ears that we may hear the will of all 
Your people. Open our hearts that we might be compassionate in all that 
we do. Share with us Your wisdom, O Lord, that we may know the right 
decisions to make. Share with us Your strength, O Lord, that we might 
resist that which draws us away from good and fair judgment.
  We humbly ask You to strengthen our courage and resolve to stand up 
for those issues we know to be just. We ask You, Father, to protect and 
watch over those who are today in harm's way that we might continue to 
do our work. Console the families of those heroes, domestic and abroad, 
who sacrifice their very lives that we might be free. For that freedom 
and Your love we are truly grateful.
  Thank You, Father, for the gift of responsibility that You give to 
each of us as leaders of this great Nation.
  Amen.

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