[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, May 17, 2006

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Ted A. Hartley, Pastor, Farina United Methodist Church, 
Farina, Illinois, offered the following prayer:
  O gracious and loving Creator God, we exist by Your power and we 
exist for Your glory. Bring justice to our courts, wisdom to our 
government, guidance to our schools and love to our homes. Inspire the 
minds of all persons to whom You have committed the responsibility of 
government and leadership in our country. Give to them the vision of 
truth and justice, that by their counsel all nations and people may 
work together. Give to our government passion for justice and strength 
of self-control that we may use our liberty in accordance with Your 
gracious will. Thank You, God, for the balance of our legislative and 
executive and judicial branches of government and the women and men who 
serve this great Nation with love and dedication. Bless us, God, but as 
You bless us, may we be a blessing to others. All honor and glory is 
Yours, now and forever. Amen.

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