[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H4879]
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:
  You are all-powerful, Lord, and worthy of highest praise. Your power 
is great, and there is no limit to Your wisdom.
  We, as Your people, as a Nation, are truly a tiny part of Your vast 
creation. Yet, we wish to praise You.
  It is You Who move and act in any of us and take delight in our 
offering You praise. For You are to be found within us.
  When we desire to create equal justice for all people, it is You Who 
plant the desire in us.
  It is You Who plot out the ways we position ourselves for the future 
and lead Your people to insight and consensus.
  When we long for peace in such a deep way that we are willing to lay 
down armaments and take our place at the table of negotiations, then we 
know it is You Who make us instruments of secure peace and begin the 
ending of hate and violence.
  Lord, You have made us. You made us for Yourself so our hearts are 
restless now and we will not rest until we rest in You forever. Amen.

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