[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Blessed be the God and Father of us all, Who in great mercy has given 
us a new birth and made us a living hope for the world.
  As a nation, we have inherited great natural resources and unfailing 
principles to guide our destiny. By Your power, O God, You have 
safeguarded faith in Your people. You have made us ready to reveal in 
our time Your creativity and goodness active in us, but for the common 
good of all.
  We rejoice in Your blessings upon this Congress and the people they 
represent. Even during times of various trials and moments of 
suffering, our gaze is fixed on You, as the source of all goodness and 
foundation of peace.
  May genuine faith which is more precious than gold tested by fire be 
proven in us. Then the great tasks we undertake in Your Name may truly 
give You praise, glory and honor now and forever. Amen.

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