[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12302]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  It would seem, Lord, that peace can come to both sides of any wall 
that divides people. Only four conditions are required of the human 
spirit for peace to be achieved: Truth, justice, love and freedom. So 
Lord, we pray:
  That truth will build peace as every individual sincerely 
acknowledges not only his or her own rights but also one's duty to 
protect the rights of others; justice will build peace, Lord, if 
everyone respects the rights of others and actually fulfills one's 
duties toward all others; love will build peace if people feel the 
needs of others as their own and share what they have with others, 
especially the values of mind and spirit which they possess; freedom 
will build peace, Lord, if in their choices people act according to 
sound reason and are willing to accept the consequences of their own 
actions.
  Therefore, Lord, we pray that Your people will speak the truth, act 
justly, love faithfully, and live freely, and so find peace not just 
here and now but forever. Amen.

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