[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 76 (Thursday, June 9, 2005)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal Father of all and well-spring of youthful dreams, bless the 
young women and men who have served these past months as pages of the 
U.S. House of Representatives. As their term of service comes to an 
end, inspire each of them with expansive hopes and fill them with great 
aspirations to create powerful futures both for themselves and for this 
Nation.
  We praise You and we thank You for their families and all of those 
who have mentored the pages in their program: their work, their school, 
and in their dorm. May this experience of government at work deepen 
their commitment to learning and their ability to make friends with 
diverse people from across the Nation, forming them into leaders for 
tomorrow.
  May the Members of Congress surrounded by such youthful presence grow 
in their tender understanding of America's young people, their needs, 
their dreams, their problems, their values, and their abilities.
  Ever-living Lord, help young and old Americans alike develop skills 
to cross the generational divide, that we may all grow up to be one 
Nation under God. Amen.

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