[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of the ages, You love each of us in singular fashion. You 
deal with us justly. In differing ways, You draw us to Yourself to 
achieve Your own purpose.
  Those who have only tasted Your goodness, O Lord, are like newborn 
infants longing for pure spiritual milk. Those who have been cut out by 
Your Word and hewed by Your spirit are like living stones being built 
into a spiritual house, called to be a holy priesthood offering 
spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God.
  Those wholly animated by Your Spirit are like branches on a vine, one 
in life, one in activity, one in producing lasting fruits.
  Help us this day to achieve Your holy will by setting aside all 
selfish gain. Make us Your instrument of peace and justice that our 
faith in You may not bring us shame but give You alone the glory now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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