[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, eternal judge of all, when the mighty Sampson was brought 
into the temple of the Philistines to be made sport of, they placed him 
between two pillars. Sampson called on You, Lord. He said, ``Remember 
me, O Lord God, remember me. Give me strength just one more time, O 
God. Let me with one strike avenge those who took sight from my eyes.'' 
He pushed his mighty arms against the two supporting pillars and the 
whole place came tumbling down.
  As of old, Lord, give strength to Members of Congress and the people 
of this Nation; that Your judgment may reign and bring about unity and 
peace.
  May Your truth remember us and recall our best selves. Pressing 
against the pillars of lies from others and self-deception, may faith 
and moral integrity triumph over evil within and around us both now and 
forever. Amen.

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