[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Watchmen over the Nation, awake! Come to attention all you, chosen by 
the people, to guard and guide the destiny of the Lord's people. Turn 
to the Lord when it is dark and you cannot read the shifting winds. The 
Lord will guide you from within and bring to surface your deepest 
instincts for what is good and where lies lasting justice.
  You are stationed at the far corners of this mighty fortress that you 
may see what the people need. But your centered ground is what binds 
God's people together and builds security and peace.
  As the Constitutional Congress of this Nation, you are the Lord's own 
watchmen over the Nation. Come now, let us bless the Lord on this new 
day. Let us act as God's blessing now and forever. Amen.

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