[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  As Your people, born into freedom, we stand humbly before You, our 
God, desirous to be in dialogue in search of truth. Attentive to Your 
Word and Your Spirit, we seek Your self-revelation, Almighty God.
  Lord, as the House of Representatives today is simply open to receive 
messages from the U.S. Senate and the President, we take this moment 
and realize that it will not bring determination but only a 
continuation of the work of government.
  Guide us in our efforts to be open to have dialogue to do what is 
best for this Nation. Free us and all governments of the world from 
manipulation of the truth or self-deception. Restrain us from any 
attempt to redefine reality by simply changing the meaning of words. 
Rather make us true instruments of justice and peace both now and 
forever. Amen.

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