[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Father Daniel P. Coughlin, Chaplain of the House 
of Representatives, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, we ask that your Holy Spirit will fill the hearts and minds 
of our Nation's leadership on this day. Bless them with sacred wisdom 
that they may truly lead us through the complex issues that confront 
our people. Give them the courage to hold to what they believe to be 
right, and the humility to receive more truth than they possess.
  Most of all, O God, we ask that You will give these leaders Your own 
great dreams for our life together, dreams that are greater than party 
allegiances, and certainly greater than the ambition any individual 
would carry into this Chamber. By Your Holy Spirit accommodate Your 
will to our political process that it may be used to lead this Nation 
to a future which is filled with hope.
  And when the day is done and the Chamber is again empty, may all who 
have come here to serve the Republic know that their work has not been 
in vain. Encourage them in the certain conviction that You will use 
this day to build Your own great kingdom on Earth. This we ask in the 
name of the Lord, whose way we prepare. Amen.

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