[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, You are forever faithful.
  Our history reveals Your constant protection and guidance of this 
Nation, so we have placed all our trust in You.
  As Your faithful people, we are always optimistic about the future 
because we rely not on human endeavor alone, but upon Your promises. 
``I am Your Lord God. I am with You.''
  As Your people, we become a people filled with promise. That does not 
mean we expect to see everything fulfilled according to our own timing. 
We simply mull over the seed of promise in our own hearts and plant 
Your promises in others.
  With hope rooted in Your promises, O Lord, we foster the growth of 
vision in a world of neighbors and in the next generation by what we 
say and how we act. You alone fulfill every promise and will recreate 
the face of the earth now and forever. Amen.

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