[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of power and mercy, peace is not the absence of war, nor is 
it found in the simple balance of opposing forces. Peace cannot be 
imposed by absolute power. For us, Lord, peace will always be the work 
of justice.
  You have implanted in human society an innate desire for order which 
can be realized only when people hunger and thirst for an ever more 
perfect justice.
  Bring Congress to order, Lord, that it may model behavior for this 
democracy. Make it Your instrument, to instill in the minds and hearts 
of the Nation a fervent and consuming desire for equal justice among 
all peoples. Thus may this Nation give You glory now and forever.
  Amen.

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