[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Every good gift comes from You, Lord God, because You are goodness, 
itself. What appears to be evil or invites fear is purely an absence of 
goodness. In this vacuum of Your goodness, foolish human behavior can 
result as we are drawn into its vortex.
  Bless this Congress with Your goodness, God our father and protector. 
Without You, nothing is holy or filled with human dignity; nothing has 
lasting value. In You is fullness. Therefore, help us to use wisely all 
Your blessings so we find the fullness of life both now and forever.
  Amen.

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