[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2665]
[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 ages, and eternally present to every person of faith, 
our history as a Nation proves that You have begun a mighty and good 
work in and through Your people of the United States for the betterment 
of all in the human family.
  In our beginnings, Your holy inspiration solidified the promise of 
freedom for peoples of this world and established the civil rights of 
each human person on the face of the Earth. May the good work once 
begun in us now continue to flourish across the globe through Your 
grace and our sincere efforts to be Your faithful people and give You 
the glory now and forever. Amen.

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