[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 194 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H16647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  In the beginning, at the leap of nothingness to material existence, 
You, the Almighty, acted.
  In the desperation of human search for lasting truth, You spoke Your 
prophetic word.
  In the tangled history of nations and faith, You established a new 
world.
  Even in this century, You breathe forth in people the desire for 
salvation and lasting freedom.
  Dear God, be with us today, that Your lasting values may take shape 
in this Nation. Make this government of the people Your instrument of 
stability and hope. Abide within Your people as equal justice and 
incarnate love, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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