[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H6276]
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, You delivered Jericho into the hands of Joshua with the 
mighty sound of trumpet blasts and the joyful shouts of believers in 
Your power. We remember the story of these tumbling walls coming down, 
but to this day no one can find any remains of Joshua's Jericho. So 
complete is Your victory, Lord.
  In our own day, bring an end to the violence in Iraq. Protect and 
bless peacemakers and the coalition military forces who are trying to 
bring law and order to that land. Bring down the walls of prejudice and 
indifference which surround war-torn Iraq. Embrace the people there 
with Your Spirit, that they may know peace and unity. May their ancient 
treasures of culture be restored as they rebuild a new nation founded 
upon religious truth and human dignity.
  May goodness, truth and beauty in the end prove victorious. Amen.

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