[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 98 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4011]
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:
  Praise the Lord, as servants of the Lord, let us praise the name of 
the Lord together.
  From the rising of the Sun in the east to its setting in the west may 
praise of the Lord for blessings be heard from coast to coast. Our God, 
who is above all the nations of the Earth does not overlook the most 
lowly or the most unfortunate in this world.
  The Lord's greatness does not distance the Lord from His people. Our 
God is to be found always in their midst.
  None is like the Lord in love and concern. That is why the Lord is 
the model and the guide of the Members of this House and all public 
servants everywhere.
  The Lord lifts up the weak to confront the proud-hearted and raises 
the poor to equal status with the powerful.
  The Lord is mindful always that parents are the most powerful on 
Earth over their children, yet all are one in His sight.
  For all the great deeds of mercy, let us praise the name of the Lord 
now and forever. Amen.

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