[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, we invite the Nation to pray for the Members of Congress 
today with heartfelt compassion. They are in need of Your wisdom and 
our understanding.
  The making of law is never an easy task. It requires dedicated 
attention, artful skills of language, personal integrity and 
responsibility to be truly effective. Because of the multiple issues 
facing the Nation and the complexity of every problem, intelligent 
minds and enlightened convictions are necessary for each Member of this 
legislative body to supply answers, to seek healing and build peaceful 
unity.
  In a democracy as ours, laws can be crafted by diverse minds 
representing a variety of interests. But in the end, every law and 
every policy of government must seek the consent of the governed and 
ultimately Your almighty judgment of justice.
  In You alone, Lord God, do we find the fulfillment of the law both 
now and forever. Amen.

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