[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of the covenant and the cross, You gather by Your providence 
the 109th Congress today for another session of work.
  As Members of this body, we stand with one another. Our strength is 
our union. Our weakness is found in our division. Unite us for Your 
purpose and for the good of this Nation.
  May we truly represent the diversity of the American people, while we 
examine the issues of today according to sound principles of truth and 
justice, which will bring us together.
  Help us by our actions to forge blazing hope for this country and for 
the world.
  Lord God, from the many You make us one, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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