[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 101 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5957]
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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:
  Lord God of every age, Your people have always turned to You, 
especially in their darkest hours of need. Today we call upon Your Holy 
Name and pray for world peace. Only by mounting the forces of prayer, 
goodness, and compassionate love can we overcome the hopeless battles 
of distrust and violence.
  When human limitations are finally admitted and nations stand apart 
from each other, each on its own precipice of disastrous decisions, 
then the remnant of Your believing people must assemble and cry out to 
You, O Lord, for wisdom and consolation.
  Because repeated conflicts and broad-based negativity can form a 
vortex which, like a giant vacuum, robs people everywhere of strength 
and initiative, Your faithful must believe in You and claim a vision of 
realistic reconciliation which transcends the frontiers of culture, 
civilizations, nations and history.
  Before You and in You we are already one people, and You have 
promised to be with us now and forever.
  Amen.

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