[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord of history and Sovereign Lord of all peoples, here in America 
You find a nation that welcomes the role of faith in the public square. 
We believe in religious liberty. We also believe that a love for 
freedom and a common moral law are written into every human heart and 
that these constitute the firm foundation on which any successful free 
society must be built.
  Lord, may Americans know from their own experience today that freedom 
is not only a gift but also a summons to personal responsibility. Give 
them the courage to engage in civic life and bring their deepest 
beliefs and values to reasoned public debate and so give You glory now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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