[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, in past days, we have celebrated with our brothers and 
sisters of faith the Passover of the Lord and the Paschal Mystery of 
Jesus Christ. With family customs and solemn traditions, we have 
participated in the annual rights of spring.
  Shower on us Your waters of renewed life and penetrating freedom so 
that we may truly live as children born of Your Spirit.
  May the profound suffering of others and the death of anyone, 
embraced with the utter abandonment of faith, create in us 
compassionate hearts ready to respond to those in most need of Your 
justice.
  May the awakening of the heart or the birth of any of Your creatures 
produce in us a vibrant respect for all life. In this season of hope, 
we search for continuing signs of Your presence in our midst. For You 
live now and forever. Amen.

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