[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, May 2, 2007

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, who speaks wisdom to the brokenhearted and heals the wounds 
of nations, when any of us comes to an impasse and becomes paralyzed 
with fear or confusion, by prophetic call You bid us to turn to You 
with renewed faith.
  Lord, speak Your word and help leaders of government and judges in 
courts to look beyond self-interest as if this were the path for 
another's good. And, while in dialogue, seeking the full circumference 
of facts, let a new light arise in their midst which draws all to a 
deeper common ground which will grant a surface of security in truth 
and pave a course to justice and peace, which always reflects Your 
image and will last now and forever. Amen.

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