[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, who desires us to receive Your word, be with us today, here 
in Congress and across this great Nation. Fill us with Your Holy 
Spirit, that with diversity and creative willingness we may find ways 
to express deep human concerns and yet uncover true wisdom. Thereby, 
You will guide us in important decisions and impact our future.
  May our native differences and historical experiences provide us with 
insight and an inner freedom so that we discover new avenues to reach 
consensus and realize Your power at work in each of us.
  Grant freedom of speech to peoples everywhere that the cacophony of 
voices may give You glory and bring all to a deeper understanding that 
in You we are already one, You the one who was, who is, and who will be 
the same now and forever. Amen.

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