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


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          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Saturday, October 28, 2000

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord of history and Eternal God, tonight each one of us will take 
time- pieces in hand and upon common agreement change time itself.
  Help us to realize, Lord, that this simple and silent gesture, 
performed in the depths of darkness, is symbolic for the whole world.
  We cannot stop the passage of time or slow down its relentless beat, 
but we can come together and measure differently, reading each passing 
hour with new consensus.
  Forced by obvious limitations, we find a way to help one another 
through the darkest days.
  Because of limited light, we adjust ourselves and allow each other 
another day for greater progress.
  In each moment, let us seek first Your presence, acknowledge our own 
limitations, and seize the opportunity to serve Your people.
  For You are the ever present One, now and forever. Amen.

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