[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Divine Wisdom and Eternal Goodness, be with us today as this Congress 
assembles. Help us to be enthusiastic in accomplishing what is good for 
Your people and strategic for the future of this Nation.
  May our set purpose be rewarded by You alone, God of our salvation 
and our destiny.
  For if we bear Your spirit of peace in our hearts as we go about our 
work, we will not veer off course or be disappointed.
  In the end, we will have accomplished Your holy will by building Your 
kingdom of justice and lasting peace, now and forever. Amen.

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