[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3067]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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               HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, March 1, 2005
            
  The House met at 2 p.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, the prophetic voice of Isaias rings across the ages and 
echoes in every human heart at the beginning of each day and every 
session of Congress. He says, ``Wash yourselves clean. Put away 
misdeeds from before my eyes. Cease doing evil. Learn to do good. Make 
justice your aim. Redress the wronged. Hear the orphan's plea. Defend 
the widow. Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord. Though 
your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow. Though they 
be crimson red, they may become white as wool.''
  Lord, may the new fallen snow touch the soul of the Nation. May 
repentant hearts move beyond pure sentiment to acts of restorative 
justice.
  We have now been given a new day, more time to set things right. May 
we and may You, O Lord, respond to the prayer of the orphan and the 
widow, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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