[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Creator of the stars in the heavens and all upon Earth, the winter 
sun You let shine upon our Nation is a great gift for which we give You 
thanks.
  In the midst of cold winds and uncertain and sometimes disastrous 
weather patterns, the consistent warm rays of light fall upon the good 
and the bad, the believers and unbelievers alike. Gradually, the days 
are already growing longer but like the movement of Your grace often 
unnoticed.
  Lord, You are ever-present, especially to those most in need. Show 
Your mercy to the most vulnerable, the children, the poor, the elderly, 
the homeless. We commend them to You now and forever.
  Amen.

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