[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, we pray that these words of Psalm 27 we read with our eyes and 
pray with our lips, echo deep within until they become inscribed in the 
heart of each Member of this House.

``The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear?
The Lord is my life's refuge, of whom should I be afraid?
One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek:
To dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life. . . .''

  Make all of us seekers of Your light. May we rejoice always in Your 
salvation. May Your Spirit dwell deep within us that this House may be 
transformed into a house of prayer and a place of mutual respect, 
integrity, and justice now and forever. Amen

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