[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  As a people, we protect our privacy and prize our secrets. Perhaps 
this is why, O Lord, we have difficulty in accepting You as infinite 
self-disclosure.
  Out of love for us, You continue to reveal Yourself in Your creation, 
by speaking Your word and breathing forth Your spirit upon us and the 
work of Congress.
  Today, again, Lord, speak Your word and Your servants will try to 
listen more attentively. In the midst of the many problems and concerns 
before Congress, Your servants can seem at times distracted or even 
dissipated. Let faith open their minds and hearts.
  Send forth Your spirit to free these leaders in government, touch 
individual consciences, and help them collaborate with one another to 
address the priorities of Your people as a focused agenda.
  By Your revelation to them and in them may Your servants accomplish 
mighty deeds in Your holy name.
  Amen.

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