[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal Father of our freedom and our salvation, hear the prayers of 
Your people across this Nation. With them we pray as one for the 
Members of Congress who gather today to attend the work of the people 
You lay upon their shoulders.
  Fill them with wisdom and prudence that all their efforts on behalf 
of the needy and the forsaken may bring them satisfaction in their 
labors. And enkindle renewed hope for those who are in most need of 
Your mercy.
  Make of them true leaders who live beyond self-interest and serve 
their brothers and sisters in this land of promise. To You, our God and 
Father, we commend this Nation, and we ultimately place all our trust 
in You, now and forever. Amen.

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