[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4679]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  The heavens proclaim Your glory, O God, and the firmament reveals 
Your handiwork. Day pours out the word today, and night after night 
tells the story.
  No speech, no word, no sound is needed. Yet throughout all Earth Your 
voice is heard to the ends of the world this message.
  At the beginning of each day the sun comes forth like a bridegroom 
from his bridal chamber, like a champion ready to run its course.
  From one end of the sky comes the rising sun to stretch its way to 
furthest other end; nothing escapes its heat.
  So fill the Nation this day with blessings, Lord. May Your presence 
permeate all that is living and justice flourish among Your people, now 
and forever. Amen.

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