[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, Father of all, at times You seem to be that infinite 
horizon that the human heart is drawn to. In our desire to establish 
justice for all and a peaceful landscape where human life and family 
values may flourish, You draw us upward and onward.
  In our work and prayer for this Nation, its protection and its 
security, You inspire the Members of this Chamber and all Americans to 
be rooted in the truth and filled with compassion and care, especially 
for the most vulnerable in our society. Yet each day, holy mystery that 
You are, You reach out to us in every situation of our lives as 
individuals and as a Nation.
  To the extent that we are able to accept Your holy inspiration and 
freely offer personal gifts and common resources in response to Your 
hope and desire for us do we find full satisfaction in the work before 
us.
  Be with us again this day as we aspire with all our hearts to better 
this Nation and accomplish Your holy will, now and forever. Amen.

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