[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Prophets of old longed to see Your Salvation, O God. They 
investigated the times You revealed Yourself in history.
  They searched for words to describe Your encounter. It was Your 
Spirit who gave meaning to suffering and brought forth rejoicing in the 
glories of humanity.
  For decades historians have been unwinding the story of this Nation 
as the wisdom of its founders is taken to heart.
  Immigrants and natives have toiled to fulfill its secret promise; 
parents still dream and plant hopes in their children.
  Help us, ever-revealing God, to see with prophetic vision; to realize 
in our own day America's promise; and to bring to the rest of the 
world, respect for law, the sanctity of life, and the joy of freedom.
  For You live in our midst now and forever. Amen.

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