[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 9 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H203]
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:
  This is the day, Lord, You have made. We are glad and rejoice in it.
  This morning, Lord, at the National Prayer Breakfast, President 
George W. Bush and many Members of Congress, with over 3,800 
individuals from all walks of life, representing over 170 nations, 
joined in prayer and fellowship to Your honor and glory.
  How inspiring it is, Lord, for people of faith to gather and manifest 
again the rich heritage of America's commitment to religious freedom.
  We praise You, Lord God, and we thank You, for You continue to 
inspire people to build a truly better world, a world in which freedom 
is ordered to truth and goodness, while religion is celebrated openly 
with a wide expression of faith perspective. Rooted in various 
religious traditions, Your people give You glory because moral norms 
give them life, direction and great fruitfulness in works of justice 
and service.
  This prayer breakfast was a vision of the globalized world come 
together for prayer. Government leaders confessing their human 
limitations, looking to You, Almighty God, for strength and guidance to 
bring peace to the world.
  Continue to bless the work begun by the National Prayer Breakfast, 
because it brings to life the prayer and vision of Jesus, who came not 
to be served but to serve, now and forever. Amen.

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