[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 81 (Friday, June 17, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4657]
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:
  Eternal God, Father of all, bless the work of Congress today. May the 
Members of this Chamber and all Americans find true significance in 
their work and rejoice with coworkers in the final product or 
collaborative service they produce for the good of others.
  As we approach the weekend, we praise You and we bless You, Lord, for 
all fathers, both living and dead. Their very presence or their memory 
can instill in us strength wrapped in gentleness, forbearance revealed 
in practicality, and a self-giving love which is a reflection of Your 
own infinite life and goodness.
  Grant stability to American family life, that children of this 
generation and the next may know peace of heart, and find refuge from a 
competitive and violent world in the recesses of home.
  May fathers of this Nation be the first and best teachers of their 
children to find satisfaction in hard work, beauty and strong 
character, the ways of faith, the joys of family life, and the 
importance of justice.
  This we ask of You, Eternal Father, now and forever. Amen.

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