[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of the ages, Lord of mercy, You have made all things by Your 
Word. In Your wisdom You have commissioned Your people to provide order 
for the creatures produced by You, to govern the world in holiness and 
justice, and to render judgment with integrity of heart.
  Give Wisdom, the attendant at Your throne, to the Members of Congress 
this week. Although they are only children of Your handmaids, all weak 
and short-lived, often lacking in comprehension of good judgment or 
abiding in just laws, You have called them to be Your servants and to 
guide this Nation to greatness in social order and in the ways of 
peace. By their judgments and their actions, may they give You glory 
now and forever. Amen.

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