[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14725]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, our God, our history as a people has been great. We are humbled 
by reflecting upon the events of the past. Fill us with hope and 
vision.
  Preserve us from making the mistakes of the past. Grant us greater 
judgment that we may be children born of freedom and strong in virtue.
  May we honor the heroic men and women of the past who, when insulted, 
did not return insult; and, when threatened, handed themselves over to 
You, the One who judges justly. In them we have come to recognize Your 
grace shining through human weakness.
  May those who suffered for justice' sake receive the beatitude's 
reward; and may those who cried out in the void of justice, today be 
heard that a new day of peace may be born rooted in justice, for You 
live and are attentive to our cries now and forever. Amen.

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