[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9607]
[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, in You there is no contradiction, only truth. In You no 
contraries nor complementary parts, only absolute unity and simplicity. 
Look with mercy upon our complex world filled with half-truths and 
partial fulfillment.
  In the labyrinth of a globalized world, help this Congress and this 
Nation not to lose its way of operating according to transcending 
principles and constitutional rights and responsibilities. By the light 
of faith, lead us one step at a time to create a society of equal 
justice under the law and so give You glory now and forever. Amen.

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