[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, You have blessed us as a Nation since our earliest days. 
Present problems are no easier to resolve and today's decisions no less 
difficult to make than those closer to the birth of this Nation. So 
this morning, Lord, we pray that wisdom remain our constant companion.
  Your sacred scripture tells us, ``Wisdom is the brightness that 
streams from everlasting light, the flawless mirror of the active power 
of God and the image of goodness. She is but one, yet can do 
everything; herself unchanging, she makes all things new. Age after age 
she enters into human souls and makes them God's friends and 
prophets.''
  Lord, grant that power always have wisdom as its sister, both now and 
forever. Amen.

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