[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23923]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of mercy and compassion, You oppose the proud-hearted and are 
attentive to the lowly.
  It is better for us to humble ourselves before You than for us to be 
humiliated by others, or by events, or even by our own weakness. With 
all humility we place ourselves and our destiny in Your almighty hands.
  May this proud and powerful Nation stand before You today in truth. 
May reflection on our history lead us to gratitude and repentance. May 
the present restlessness of the world, the issues placed before this 
Nation, and the responsibilities of this Congress bring us to honest 
dependence upon You, our Source of Wisdom, Patience and Judgment now 
and forever. Amen.

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