[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God Almighty, people approach You, the infinite source of life 
and love, through various faith traditions. This Nation rejoices and 
protects the freedom of religious expression of its people as a basic 
human right. Such tolerance and mutual respect may well prove to be 
America's greatest export to the rest of the world.
  Lord, in our day, as in the past, all religious traditions help 
individuals, societies, and cultures combat three poisons that the 
ancients thought would always threaten to destroy us. The three poisons 
are greed, anger, and ignorance.
  With religious insight and righteous discipline, Lord, You empower 
faith-filled people to fight off such internal disease and become 
healthy again. Lord, help Your people in these desperate times to find 
and live into ``a cure.''
  The antidote for greed is justice for all; anger is converted by 
compassion for others; and ignorance is overcome by knowledge of others 
and from others. Heal us who call upon Your holy name, now and forever. 
Amen.

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