[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 82 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  ``O Lord, have pity on us, for You we wait. Be our strength every 
morning, our salvation in time of trouble.''
  Lord, it takes a great deal of humility for believing people to 
accede to Your will. Sometimes faith builds such strong convictions in 
us, Lord, that we can easily have only our own ideas as to how and when 
You will answer our prayers. Often we do not remain open to other 
responses or we become impatient with Your unsearchable ways.
  Very often, Lord, we profess strong faith in Your providential ways, 
but it is Your art of timing we find difficult to accept. So confirm 
us, as a nation of idealists, who will continue to have confidence even 
during the test of timing.
  Have pity on us, Lord, as we wait for You to answer our prayers now 
and forever. Amen.

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