[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 48 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1855]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Reverend Don Borling, Pastor, All Saints Lutheran Church, Orland 
Park, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  O God of goodness and grace, it's another day and maybe just an 
ordinary moment.
  We are here in the very heart and soul of our Nation, a place 
committed always to the very goodness and power of the human spirit, a 
spirit binding us together in a world that is too often divided by 
things that really should bring us together: our diversity, our varied 
colors and religions, our cultures and backgrounds.
  O Lord of all life, we call You by many names, we worship You in 
styles and ways that reflect the humanity with which You create us, we 
debate and we argue, we vote and we compromise, we come together in 
this sacred Chamber with so much at stake, with so many people counting 
on us and needing the very best of what we have to offer.
  Please watch over us today. What we do here is sacred. Please give us 
the humility and grace to live up to our calling.
  Amen.

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