[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12590]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  O God, who rules all the world from everlasting to everlasting, 
during the time given them, help this Congress to set a great agenda 
for this Nation and its future. Grasping a sense of the urgent needs of 
Your people, may this week provide a sense of priorities. May the 
desires of the common good overshadow particular concerns and personal 
preferences.
  Inspire each Member to draw upon his or her best instinct and highest 
ideal so true goodness overcomes every evil and determined work 
whittles away at every problem, until this great Nation becomes Your 
living glory for all the world to see.
  Show us the way, fill us with life, and let truth reign, both now and 
forever. Amen.

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