[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 26 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H783]
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 God, our strength and courage, You have been and remain our 
Saviour.
  Your people in their desert exodus from bondage to freedom were 
shielded by a cloud during the day and protected by a pillar of fire at 
night.
  Again, Your overshadowing spirit brought Your word to life in the 
virgin womb and You brighten the world with everlasting light.
  As we pray today, we acknowledge the cloud as a sign of Your abiding 
presence and the fire as the enlightenment needed by this Congress and 
this Nation at this time in our history.
  Six months have passed since the day of our evacuation from this 
hallowed Chamber. Now here we stand. Our life has changed. Our 
determination is strong. Our cause is just. And our desire is a secure 
peace.
  Manifest Your presence to Your people once again. Guard us and guide 
us. For we do not know the next move of terror as we journey to keep 
covenant with You, Almighty God, now and forever. Amen.

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