[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8698]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  ``All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the 
field; the grass withers and the flower wilts; but the Word of the Lord 
remains forever.''
  Creator of nature's beauty and Redeemer of all humanity, we have been 
born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed.
  Your Word, O Lord, has created grateful hearts amid the wonders of 
this land and the rich progress of this Nation. May we never be weeded 
into discontent.
  In all peoples You plant the seed of justice. Bring forth a 
springtime of peace among nations.
  May the actions of this assembly nurture obedience to truth which 
produces sincerity of heart and mutual trust.
  This is the Word we have accepted and now proclaim to the world: 
``All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the 
field; the grass withers and the flower wilts; but the Word of the Lord 
remains forever.'' Amen.

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