[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 170 (Friday, November 21, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H12105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[[Page H12105]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, grant Your servants patience and perseverance.
  Patience calms the soul within.
  Perseverance reaches beyond oneself to accomplish the task at hand.
  Humbled by our own frailty and sometimes overwhelmed by the 
expectations laid upon us, we need Your mighty assistance.
  Unsure which comes first, perseverance or patience, touch each Member 
of this House personally that all may contribute to the ways of freedom 
and the work of justice.
  May virtue flourish here that all may see that by helping others to 
persevere we find the strength and purpose to persevere ourselves; for 
we are Your servants, both now and forever.
  Amen.

                          ____________________