[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  All-powerful and ever-living God, direct Your love and highest 
inspirations within us.
  Congress stands today between days of retreat for both Republican and 
Democrat Members of the House. May these days of reflection and 
planning be blessed with clarity of vision and unified resolve.
  Filled with gratitude for the people and the many gifts bestowed upon 
this Nation, help them to be attuned not only to the problems and 
questions of Your people, but empower them to build upon their 
strengths and their hopes for the future.
  You alone can lift Your servants above self-interest and fractured 
alliances to create a renewed solidarity that will bring this Nation to 
unity and peace.
  Only by discerning such gifts within ourselves, Lord, can we bring 
the seed of promise to others. For we place our trust not in money nor 
in munitions, but in the meaning You bring to Your people, now and 
forever.
  Amen.

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