[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1878]
[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, the floor of this Chamber, the courts of our land 
and the tribunals of peace, as well as the everyday decisions of 
corporate America, cannot live on megabytes, lest the hunger for true 
justice and holiness become a famine covering the whole Earth.
  Help Your people to turn their attention to the deeper truths that 
will guide nations and unite peoples in compassion and respect for 
fully living in the present moment.
  Do not allow us to argue against the truth, rather, give us a proper 
sense of our own ignorance; never be ashamed to admit our mistakes, nor 
swim against the wide current of common sense.
  Never let us be the doormat for a fool or seek favor with the 
powerful. Instead, strengthen us to fight to the death for truth. For 
then You, Lord God, will fight on our side now and forever. Amen.

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