[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, You live among Your people and guide the destiny of the 
Nation. In and through the free election of Your people, You have 
brought to this moment of history the Members of this 109th Congress to 
be Your instrument of representative leadership and create the laws 
that will bind people together and move this country in a deliberated 
direction.
  The consequences of decisions made here, Lord, will have 
international effects around the world. Issues left unattended will 
leave many of Your people in the darkness of alienation.
  So, Lord, once again, we call upon You to be the true and lasting 
ruler of this Nation, because this government of the people turns to 
You in faith, now and forever. Amen.

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