[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 123 (Monday, October 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7948]
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:
  As a clear, cool westerly blows across the Nation and the somber 
tones of autumn settle upon us, the Members of the House may be called 
to a syncopated discipline of self-surrender. With more determined 
steps, all walk into the season when seeds of the future fall to the 
Earth.
  With grateful hearts for so many blessings, Lord, allow Your people 
to use their freedom wisely, and befriend the barren, the voiceless, 
and the hardened. Cover us with a protective cloak, that the paralysis 
of fear may be massaged to accept the planting of hope into our tiring 
body. In these days of diminished light, prepare us for Your hidden 
promise. For You are the Lord of every season and forever. Amen

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