[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Ever-faithful Lord God, to create a new order among Your people, the 
prophet Ezekiel established a new scheme of weights and measures for 
all aspects of daily life and business.
  His prophetic action causes us to ask what criteria do we use to 
measure and judge ourselves, others, and the performance of 
institutions today. Only You, O Lord, hold the light to see honestly 
the highest aspirations and, at the same time, the deepest limitations 
of Your people.
  Help America to live in the light of Your eternal wisdom. Guide the 
determinations of this Congress as they formulate laws based upon 
America's ideals and yet practical enough to address our limitations in 
facing the most important problems of today and tomorrow.
  Free government leaders from all self-deception and the manipulation 
of others, that they may accomplish Your good purpose for this Nation 
and be measured themselves honestly by their constituents. In You alone 
is the balance of mercy and justice now and forever. Amen.

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