[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12703]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  ``When I call; answer me, O God of justice, from anguish you release 
me; have mercy and hear me!''
  Lord, at times our prayers, especially those said publicly, are bold 
sounding, almost like a military order summoning the ranks to take 
shape, a call to precision and movement.
  At other times, our prayer is more like a whimper, muffled in the 
heart, struggling to find the right words, the cry of the most 
dependent in our midst.
  Whenever or however we call out to you, O Lord, as individuals or as 
a Nation, hear us.
  For we are in need of Your justice and Your mercy, both now and 
forever.
  Amen.

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