[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal and Almighty God, before You all events of life and calendar 
pages flip over quickly. The human search for stability in an ever-
changing world and the traffic of today's crossroads drives each of us 
to find new depth within ourselves as we join the motion of another 
week.
  The story of a tsunami comes to mind. Easily we view the destructive 
consequences on the surface of things around us and question their 
eruptive origins.
  Lord, show us how to detect the beginnings of violence, war, hatred, 
disruption, and fear. As a leader in the community of peoples, Congress 
needs to raise the deepest questions.
  Enable Members and the people they represent to assess the true cost 
of the country's lifestyle and the ramifications of our silence on the 
most important issues.
  If it is truly ``in God we trust,'' then all else is called into 
question and cannot be the measurement of progress or the final goal. 
Amen.

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