[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26041]
[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, before the majesty of Your creation and the power 
of Your will, we humbly stand and present ourselves to You.
  We are a people who love freedom. We have proven creative in our work 
and appear prosperous in the eyes of the world. Yet we are made of the 
same clay as all others.
  Help us to find common cause with others and be proven true to noble 
purpose in Your sight.
  Show us how to use our bountiful blessings, to attain true leadership 
in the world and a model for others. Thus may we be Your instrument for 
achieving lasting peace and justice in troublesome times.
  Amen.

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