[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 68 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[House]
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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 God without beginning or end, before whom we are all to appear 
to be judged, be merciful to Your servants today.
  As our Nation approaches Memorial Day, fill the hearts of Americans 
with gratitude for all of those who gave their lives in defense of 
freedom and to protect this Nation. May our memory of the distant past 
and more recent events encourage the men and women in military service 
now.
  To memorialize is to bring to consciousness again the names and faces 
of those who have gone, but are not forgotten, because of their noble 
lives and ultimate sacrifice. This year we include in our prayer all of 
those who died in the attacks of September 11 and especially those who, 
since then, have shed life's blood in the fight against terrorism.
  Strengthen with Your loving compassion all of the families still 
traumatized by their loss. Renew this Nation in an intelligent 
patriotism which unfurls new dimensions of equal justice and hope for 
the poor as we wave the flag of freedom before the world, now and 
forever. Amen.

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