[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  In the end it is faith that proves victorious. Days come and go. Wars 
and famine cry out for justice, charity and peace. It is faith which 
helps us all respond to every call. It is faith that strengthens Your 
people for the struggle and, in the end, brings promise beyond the 
sacrifice.
  Lord God, as faith inspired the apostles and martyrs and all who have 
gone before us, let living faith now find expression in us through acts 
of love that will excite hope, especially in the hearts of the poor and 
the fragile.
  Help the Members of Congress and all Americans make decisions today 
that will build a justice that will not fail tomorrow. With faith, 
enable them to set aside goods of the present moment in the hope of 
attaining eternal good. With faith, it is possible to hope to change 
the present for the future.
  We pray for the Honorable Juanita Millender-McDonald and all Your 
servants who have served You and Your people in public service. With 
faith, they can leave this place and find in You eternal reward. The 
free children of God are always on the move, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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