[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1]
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 God, foundation of faith and provident guide of our Nation's 
history, we implore You to guide, protect, and strengthen the United 
States House of Representatives during this Second Session of the 109th 
Congress.
  Help these duly elected Representatives of the people be about the 
work of the people. Make this democratic Republic strong, that it may 
be Your fit instrument to unite the natural and human resources of this 
Nation, that Your people may live ordered lives under the law and in 
harmony with others and so be a beacon of hope for the world.
  In You and from You we draw our inspiration and creativity. In You 
and from You, Lord, we find lasting peace and universal justice both 
now and forever. Amen.

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