[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10975]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Joseph J. Kleinstuber, Pastor, St. Mary's Catholic 
Church, Bryantown, Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty Father, we do well to join all creation in heaven and earth 
in praising You, our mighty God.
  You made us in Your own image and set us over all creation. Once You 
chose a people and gave them dignity, and when You brought them out of 
bondage to freedom, they carried with them the promise that all men and 
women would be blessed and that all would be free.
  It happened to our forefathers who came to this land as if out of a 
desert into a place of promise and hope.
  It happens to us still and we entrust the United States of America 
and this deliberative body into Your loving care.
  You are the rock on which this Nation was founded. You alone are the 
true source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of 
happiness. We ask that You hold us in the palm of Your hand and God 
bless America. Amen.

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