[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Bishop Steven E. Wright, National Chaplain, the American Legion, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Father who art in heaven, we thank Thee for countless blessings 
poured out upon the people of this great Nation. From our earliest 
beginnings we have placed our trust in Thy power to guide and defend 
us. We reaffirm that trust as we seek Thy strength, Thy wisdom, Thy 
inspiration and Thy love to be upon our Representatives here in this 
House in their deliberations and efforts and decisions this day.
  We thank Thee for the valiant men and women of our Armed Forces and 
for our veterans and ask Thee to bless them and their families with 
safety and with Thy comforting love. We pray likewise for each 
individual and family unit and ask Thee to particularly bless fathers 
and mothers with the ability to instill virtue in its many forms in 
their children.
  We express our love and gratitude for Thy tender mercies in all our 
trials and challenges, and do so with a concluding moment of silence, 
allowing each here to offer the personal benediction of his or her own 
heart and faith.
  Amen.

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