[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 4 (Saturday, January 6, 2001)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 11 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, in your scriptures ``to be elected'' is ``to be among the 
chosen.''
  Down through the years, You have chosen people and given them 
specific tasks and great responsibilities to accomplish before the 
world, marvelous deeds in Your Holy Name.
  Although all are equal in Your sight, at certain times, You call for 
certain people. No one is ever rejected by You, but You alone know who 
should be called to serve You at a particular time to achieve Your 
purpose, whether it is to correct, affirm, admonish or teach.
  As Your people, we are truly blessed. As a people any of us may feel 
called to lead. But because of Your care for Your people at any given 
moment, You alone know the ones who should serve. This Nation has come 
to trust in Your guidance in the unfolding of its history. This Nation 
turns to You again and seeks Your Spirit that it may be true to all 
Your commands, learn from its past and be a sign of promise for the 
future.
  As this Chamber hosts the Joint Session of Congress for the counting 
of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United 
States, be with us. Be with us as before. Be with us as never before.
  May those who are elected be received by the people of this Nation 
with prayer that they may be open to Your power and their leadership in 
the years ahead. Before You we all stand humbly as servants now and 
forever. Amen.

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