[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Balance and scales belong to the Lord; all the weights used with them 
are of His making.
  Lord, with wisdom and power, direct the activities of this Congress. 
May the scales of equal justice always be the goal. With discretion and 
surety guide every decision, and may Members find balance in their 
personal lives.
  May truth never outweigh goodness. May desirable kindness never blind 
the truth.
  Help Your people know when to pray and how to act.
  Bless all conversations with patience and charity that all know when 
to speak and how to listen.
  In the end, all success and every judgment can be measured only by 
You. Whatever evaluating criteria or determining weight we use remains 
of Your making now and forever.
  Amen.

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