[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18456-18457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Fulfilling Hebrew psalms and Christian exhortations, may all in this 
House and in this Nation be of one mind, sympathetic, loving one 
another, compassionate and humble.

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  Let no one return evil for evil, or insult for insult. On the 
contrary, make us a blessing for others, for this is our calling.
  As God's children, we will inherit a blessing so far surpassing the 
momentary trouble we face and the inscrutable behavior we suffer.
  God, Your blessing does not rest only on us. God's blessing, once 
revealed, so penetrates our being and all our relationships that we 
become a blessing for all our brothers and sisters in the human family, 
now and in the future, and forever. Amen.

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