[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Out of the depths, David cries to You, O Lord, in Psalm 130.
  Lord, on an ordinary September Monday, caught up in routine, it may 
be difficult for us to be in touch with our depths.
  Yet when aware of the pain in some hearts or when we truly face the 
complexity of issues overshadowing our responsibilities, we need Your 
mercy.
  Help us to sense Your forgiveness behind every mistaken judgment of 
the past.
  Guide our decisions today and throughout this week, that much may be 
accomplished and be recognized as Your providential care behind every 
event.
  For it is Your justice and Your peace which holds the aspirations of 
the American people together.
  Longing for Your presence, O Lord, make us watchful for Your 
movements and personal reflection and in honest discussion, so Your 
glory may be evident in our deeds.
  By Your grace penetrate our souls, that we may live and pray from the 
depths now and forever.
  Amen.

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