[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Charles Gallagher, St. Peter's Catholic Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we thank You for this new day. You are the author of 
life. You have designed the universe and You hold it together in Your 
hands. You govern all things. You are the ruler of the world, the 
supreme lawmaker.
  Guide this assembly as it participates in Your governing power. As it 
creates laws for the human order, may it always respect the laws Your 
divine order has imposed. Let us remember that the rights of the 
persons come not from the deliberations of men, but from the hand of 
God.
  May this assembly always protect the life and respect the dignity of 
all human beings, especially those who are too weak and too small to 
protect themselves.
  We ask this through Christ our Lord, amen.

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