[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14545]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  O to be chosen.
  What a joy, O Lord, to be selected by others. But to what depths are 
we awakened once we know You have called us to be Your very own.
  There is a surprising freedom found in being God's children. You 
watch over and protect us as we obey Your commands. Our destiny is in 
Your hands as we try to follow Your holy inspiration.
  You open our hearts and our hands to care for the poor. You comfort 
the alien in our welcome. You bind us together as each goes about the 
daily task that we may give You glory and honor every day of our lives, 
both now and forever. Amen.

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