[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, ancient days, like yesterday and tomorrow, are before 
You as ever present. Be with the House of Representatives as it resumes 
its many tasks of policy and legislation today and in the weeks to 
come.
  Lord, every day we in America pray for our women and men in military 
service, especially those who are in harm's way in Iraq. Today, we 
expand the vision and embrace of our prayer as we commend to You all 
the people of Iraq. Having inserted ourselves into the life of this 
land of antiquity and biblical proportions, we cannot help but be moved 
by their fear, confusion, and suffering occasioned by war.
  Help us as a young and powerful nation, Lord, to learn more about 
this ancient world with so much complexity, history, and so many 
contemporary issues which must be addressed.
  Guide the United States, Iraq, and other nations to seek Your face 
and seek the way of peace for these people. Help all who are so 
concerned to speak responsibly, to act prudently, and to pray boldly 
for one another. For You alone can bring good out of contradictory evil 
as You do now and forever. Amen.

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