[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, Your word is founded in truth and Your just decrees are 
everlasting.
  So our fleeting days and our passing tasks are truly significant only 
if they are grounded in You.
  Eternal God, You are the wellspring of creativity for Your people. 
You are forever liberating us from blinding evil; so be with Congress 
today.
  Ennoble every compromise rooted in compassion; and strengthen every 
commitment measured by righteous decisions in this body.
  Just as there cannot be true worship in Your sight without sacrifice 
and conversion of heart; nor can there be true politics without 
principle. Free us, Lord, to amend our ways so that we will search for 
what is truly right and just; lest we become lost in endless 
possibilities born only from self-centered imagination.
  Lord God, in the land of the free we hold ourselves accountable to 
You both now and forever.
  Amen.

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