[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, around the upper part of this Chamber are profile 
medallions which recall the personal history of lawmaking. In the 
center, full-faced and bold before us, is the image of Moses, the great 
lawgiver of the Hebrew scriptures.
  May the people of this Nation and, in particular, those elected to 
the 109th Congress, who gather here to protect and guide this Nation, 
be faithful to Your commands.
  Your revelation, Lord, gives us nothing less than the lessons we need 
to address the issues of the day. Your commandments are the foundations 
on which we build hope. They are the supports which strengthen faith in 
public action and the food which nourishes the human heart.
  By obeying Your laws, those in representative government inspire 
those they represent, the governed. To internalize Your commands and 
live according to Your Word is to lead to fulfillment and bring promise 
to a disillusioned world, when left on its own.
  Therefore, in the midst of everything, from You, Lord our God, we 
choose to draw wisdom and strength, now and forever.
  Amen.

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