[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 59 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2387]
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, rich in mercy and strong to save, may springtime in this 
Nation bear seeds of peace.
  Make nature again recover from human sins of the past. Breathe forth 
a freshness over land and sea that all may be exalted by Your creative 
hand and ever-redeeming power.
  Bring forth in the human family a new respect for life and a 
commitment to equal justice for the least and the weakest in our midst 
that violence may cease and an ordinary cycle of goodness and kindness 
spread from this place around the world.
  May nature and human determination be so wedded that science and 
faith may spiral into new discoveries to enrich this planet with 
natural and human beauty.
  For You, Eternal Father, are our source of life and recovery, now and 
forever. Amen.

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