[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer: Through the prophet Isaias:
  ``The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and 
honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, 
And their reverence for me has become routine observance bound by human 
precepts, Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising 
and wondrous fashion.''
  Take our hearts, O Lord, and draw them closer to You.
  May the movement of Your Spirit within us and surrounding our times 
whip us once again into being Your people.
  Truly free, with justice written on our hearts, prepare us for the 
surprising deeds You wish to accomplish in and through this Nation.
  In You we trust now and forever. Amen.

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