[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 32019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord of heaven and Earth, darkness descends upon us as the days grow 
shorter, and the cold chastens us to withdraw inside.
  Be for us the light we long for. The very promise of change creates 
expectation.
  By the first hints of Your dawn, banish all fear and hesitation. May 
those who live on the margins of America's rich blessings have peace 
and prosperity too.
  Strengthen us with Your mighty arm, that this Congress may be unified 
in lifting Your people to renewed hope.
  For You are always faithful and can be trusted, now and forever.
  Amen.

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