[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11737-11738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God our Father, Your care and wisdom are shown to us by the way You

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extend Your kingdom into our world down to the present day. Your word 
reveals every aspect of Your saving plan. You accomplish Your designed 
purpose in and through the hearts of the faithful who respond to You.
  Today, convert our minds and hearts that we may become the great 
Nation You hope us to be. Help us to seek Your presence in the midst of 
a busy life, then animated by Your spirit help us to perform marvelous 
deeds and come to know peace, Your gift to the world, now and forever. 
Amen.

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