[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 72 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, You alone can take the rock rejected or the stone overlooked 
and make it Your cornerstone. Upon Your chosen cornerstone, precious in 
Your sight and sacred by Your handling, You create something new.
  You are the master builder. It is You, Lord God, who have redeemed 
Your people. You are the one who has given us this land of freedom and 
opportunity. You continue to fashion us into Your people and make of us 
a powerful nation.
  By Your spirit, awaken in us Your desires. Help us to seize the 
present moment to bring forth Your set purpose in this world.
  May the edifice You make of us be a city of virtue built on a 
mountain top; a beacon of justice, a household of integrity, and a 
harbor of peace.
  In You, O God, Your people of promise find fulfillment now, in the 
future, and forever.
  Amen.

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