[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of power and might, this Nation stands before You with a 
contrite heart, seeking Your holy will.
  Bless this House of Representatives in their work of fashioning laws 
that will bind Your people together in social concord and lasting 
values.
  Lord, drive out demons of doubt and despair. Replace manipulation and 
cynicism with the renewed Spirit of faith and freedom, that all 
citizens of this country may participate actively in working to achieve 
and maintain the common good, always calling upon Your holy name, now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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