[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 29 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H909]
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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, our refuge and our defense, show Yourself, our Deliverer. In 
the time of Moses, in response to the murmuring of Your people, You fed 
them in the desert. Amidst their struggles, Your servant Paul exhorted 
the early Christian community at Corinth not to grumble, but deepen 
their understanding. Yet in this Nation truly blessed and free, rich 
with options and opportunity, people find reasons to complain. Among 
the mournful crisis of this world, hear us and be patient with us, 
Lord.
  Guide Your people, by Your spirit, that they may refine their 
perceptions and expand their vision so to distinguish mere 
inconvenience and frustration from true suffering and the pain of loss. 
The times and the issues which face this Congress and this Nation are 
so significant, Lord, You must silence the trivial in us.
  You have called us to be Your moral witness and reform our lives. 
Free us from complaining so to learn determination, commitment, and 
perseverance; and prove ourselves faithful in living and unafraid to 
die for everlasting values now and forever. Amen.

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