[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6849]
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:
  Lord God of our ancestors in faith, and animator of faith in the 
American people today, we come before You with humility and gratitude. 
As Christians and people of other faiths, we join our Jewish brothers 
and sisters as they approach Rosh Hashanah. Together we offer prayers 
of forgiveness, both as individuals and as a Nation.
  If we cannot admit our mistakes before you, O Lord, and firmly desire 
to turn a new page, how can we become the people You require us to be, 
and where will people of virtue and true leadership be found in a world 
searching for stability and hope?
  As the festival of Rosh Hashanah celebrates all the freshness of a 
new year and the abundance of a rich harvest, we ask You, Almighty 
Lord, to bless this Nation in its fullness and in all its institutions 
of lawful government.
  Let our people taste the sweet honey of Your presence and serve You 
and one another with a refreshed perspective and renewed heart, now and 
forever. Amen.

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