[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, dynamic in power, never absent or diminished, inspire the 
Members of the House of Representatives with transcending vision and 
far-reaching goals. While focused on the honest issues facing Your 
people and searching for response in solid national policies, keep them 
as practical as most of America's people.
  With Your help, enlighten them to assess accurately our Nation's 
resources, and yet be honest enough to admit our limitations. Prevent 
them from enabling dysfunctional endeavors or from being distracted by 
unreal anxieties.
  Shape this assembly, Lord, into a body of diverse ideas, which can 
solve any problem with a variety of approaches, until a fitting 
solution can be brought to bear lasting goodness for Your people.
  This we ask, calling upon Your almighty name. Amen.

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