[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 30 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H793]
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:
  ``Whoever meditates on the law of the Lord will bring forth much 
fruit at harvest time.''
  Lord God, who can bring forth blessings from just deeds, listen to 
our prayer this day. Give us the wisdom to take time to meditate upon 
Your revelation, Your law. Help us to find knowledge in prayerful 
reflection and be assured of Your love, especially in times of 
difficulty.
  Your law holds nature and all peoples together.
  May lawmakers today reflect the mindset and gracious manner revealed 
in Your loving commands. And may their work contain the depth of 
justice and the expansive embrace of human goodness that You reveal to 
Your people, by giving them Your law which lasts until now and forever. 
Amen.

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