[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Around Your seat of judgment, Lord God, stand our former colleagues. 
They are brothers and sisters to us and the Founders of this Nation. 
God-fearing persons, they were called by You to this place and were 
called ``Honorable'' during life here because of their public 
commitment to uphold the Constitution and serve the people of this 
Nation.
  They lay the foundation upon which we build. Their heritage defines 
our work today. We, and the whole Nation, are indebted to their 
contributions that have outlived them. Now they share in the 
resurrected life of Your glory.
  We pray that all our former Members who have completed the course, 
kept the faith, now receive the reward of the just.
  As they believed in You and placed their trust in You to help them 
solve the problems and concerns of the past, so we now ask You to help 
us fulfill all their hopes and dreams for this Nation today and in the 
future.
  Blessed are You, Lord God, in Your angels and in Your saints now and 
forever. Amen.

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