[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24908]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of faith, be with us at this time with Your presence and Your 
power. When we are stirred up by the anxiety and cynicism of this age 
or by the pressures of compromise, when we feel paralyzed by the 
tensions outside ourselves or confounded by the gaping holes of 
darkness within, You have told us ``Be sober and watchful,'' sharp, and 
on alert.
  Your holy scriptures have said to us: ``Your enemy the devil, like a 
roaring lion, is seeking someone to devour. Resist him, strong in 
faith, knowing that your fellow believers throughout the world undergo 
the same thing you suffer.''
  Help us, Lord, to be in touch with our common frailty. We know that 
You care for all of us in this Nation and around the globe, so we cast 
all our cares upon You, O Lord, for we are Your people, bound to You by 
covenant, promise and sacrament.
  In You we find our way, now and forever. Amen.

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