[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15421-15422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Charles Gallagher, St. Peter's Catholic Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we thank You for this new day. You are the author of 
life. You have designed the universe and You hold it together in Your 
hands. You govern all things. You are the ruler of the world, the 
supreme lawmaker.
  Guide this assembly as it participates in Your governing power. As it 
creates laws for the human order, may

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it always respect the laws Your divine order has imposed. Let us 
remember that the rights of the persons come not from the deliberations 
of men, but from the hand of God.
  May this assembly always protect the life and respect the dignity of 
all human beings, especially those who are too weak and too small to 
protect themselves.
  We ask this through Christ our Lord, amen.

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