[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3303]
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 of Heaven and Earth, always attentive to our prayer and 
understanding of our human limitations, bless and guide the Members of 
the 107th Congress, that they may be Your agents of reconciliation in a 
world torn apart by war, cynicism and fear.
  Enlighten them in mind and heart, that together they shine as a 
harbinger of hope, bringing creativity and new vision to the people.
  Through their efforts to do what is right by living according to Your 
commands and following the dictates of conscience, rather than 
expediency, grant them keen insight into complicated issues. Bring 
about in them decisive wisdom that will not be frayed by tangential 
distractions or preconceived sound bites. For Your world, O Lord, is 
too vast, and Your people too precious to be compromised.
  So we pray now and forever. Amen.

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