[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1683]
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:
  Renewed in spirit by religious observances and the fresh breath of 
spring, Members of Congress return today to offer You, Lord God, praise 
and thanks. Strengthened by family ties, conversations with neighbors, 
and meetings with constituents back home, they are again grounded by 
the human relationships that make them one with the people they 
represent and whom they serve.
  May the hopes, concerns, and heartfelt needs they carry back to 
Federal Government find full expression in their committee work and 
public policy and the just laws they formulate. In all their endeavors 
may they listen, Lord, and learn from one another, and together reach a 
new depth of corporate civility.
  May they become aware that in serving your people, they serve You, 
Lord God; for You alone are Father of all and the source of love and 
justice, both now and forever. Amen.

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