[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24074]
[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, human history has witnessed down through the ages the 
battle of those who have nothing and those who have too much. It is the 
violent collision of opulence and poverty which makes the Earth tremble 
beneath our feet.
  Lord, in our day, throw Your light of truth upon Your people; that 
seeing one another as brother and sister, they will not be blinded by 
prejudice or indifference. Rather, may all reach out with a compassion 
that will heal and establish mutual trust that will inspire hope in the 
disillusioned and even the hopeless.
  May this Congress be an instrument in Your hands to mold a just and 
peacefully secure society, now and forever. Amen.

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