[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27894]
[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 have blessed this part of the world. You have 
revealed Yourself as Lord in the glory of the nations and in the most 
honorable of Your people.
  As Latino Americans celebrate their fiesta during this holiday 
season, they invite the peoples of the Americas to join with them in 
the joys of life and in praising You, Lord, as our Protector and Guide.
  In this western hemisphere, You, Lord, have created something new. 
Our history and our struggles urge us to join together in greater 
solidarity as brothers and sisters of promise and freedom.
  May Your justice truly live in our hearts and in all the institutions 
of government and service we build so that peace and prosperity may 
grow among Your people both now and forever. Amen.

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