[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, who graces the open field with wild flowers and will not 
allow the sparrow to fall from the sky, You invite us not to worry 
about needless things.
  Certainly there are problems this Congress and every American must 
face and do their best to solve. It is the unsolvable problem, the 
indifferent attitude, and the cold heart we must turn over to You.
  Because anxiety and anger often enough create heat but no light, we 
also turn to You in prayer and seek Your wisdom.
  With faith in Your faithfulness, Lord, we can reduce fear and 
hesitancy. By living in Your presence and knowing Your love for us, for 
others, even our enemies, we can conquer internal conflicts and be 
better in our self-defense and wiser in our judgments.
  So be with us, Lord, and with our military forces now and in the hour 
of our greatest need. Amen.

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