[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Thomas J. McCarthy, St. Paul Catholic Church, Salem, 
Ohio offered the following prayer:
  God, we acknowledge Your gracious presence among us. We acknowledge 
the human limitations that bind us. We know how many of Your people 
depend upon our wisdom and our ways to better their lives and brighten 
their tomorrows. We are aware of Your call to serve Your people well.
  With these huge tasks ahead of us, we call upon You for wisdom, 
guidance and a sense of concern for what is right and good. Give us a 
generous share of Your spirit and Your love for Your people. Guide our 
minds and hearts in the right ordering of human affairs.
  We seek today to be a source of hope and assistance to Your people; 
we seek today to find the opportunity to make peace with justice for 
all people the badge of our service. In this we ask Your continued 
help. Amen.

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