[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, June 15, 2000

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  It is You, O God, who brought people out of darkness of repression 
and revolution into Your own wonderful light of freedom.
  As You have blessed this Nation in its infancy, bless it now in its 
maturity.
  Banish the darkness of doubt and confusion. Free us of fear and 
selfishness. Bring us into Your own wonderful light where we can be our 
very best selves, caring about others. Help us to see the unrest from 
our own soul as a Nation that we may be fit instruments of peace to 
others.
  It is You, O God, who brought people out of darkness of slavery and 
immigration into Your own wonderful light of possibility.
  As You have blessed this Nation in its early trials, bless it now in 
its present difficulties.
  End the night of cynicism and violence. Bring us into Your own 
wonderful light where we can meet others and accept our differences. 
Help us to recognize the poverty of our own spirits that we may be real 
hope to others.
  Once we were ``not a people'' but now we are God's people. Keep us 
bonded in this truth, now and forever. Amen.

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