[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend J. Cletus Kiley, President, The Faith & Politics 
Institute, Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  Loving God, at the beginning of a new day, we ask You for an 
outpouring of Your spirit. We ask You to bless each of us with that 
spirit, which is truly strong, loving and wise.
  Lord, today we pray especially for strength. For one Member such 
strength may come as the ability to persevere against hopeless odds. 
For another it may come as the ability to see light in a world of 
darkness. For yet another that strength will appear as the ability to 
give selflessly with no thought of return. And for still another that 
strength may come as an ability to encourage those around them.
  The strength You give is about conviction and courage and compassion. 
It requires no adversary, nor does it magnify weakness. It simply does 
what it must without praise or need for acclaim.
  May such strength support all our work and may it always reflect You, 
its divine source. Amen.

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