[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  O God, come to our assistance.
  O Lord, make haste to help us.
  Yesterday we were stunned, angry and violated. Today, Lord, we stand 
strong and together. Yesterday changed our world. Today we are changed.
  We have humbly prayed to You, O Lord God of Heaven and Earth, 
yesterday and through the night. Now we turn to You for Your guidance 
and sense of eternal truths which built this Nation as we begin a new 
day of building security and peace through justice.
  We mourn our dead and reach out with prayer and acts of compassion to 
all those families splattered with blood and exhausted by tears. Heal 
the wounded. Strengthen all civil servants, medical and religious 
leaders as they attempt to fill the gaping holes left in the fabric of 
our Nation.
  Send forth Your Holy Spirit, Lord, upon all the Members of Congress, 
the President, and all government leaders across this Nation. Free them 
of fear, any prejudice whatsoever, remove all doubt and confusion from 
their minds. With clear insight which comes from You and You alone, 
reveal all that is unholy, and renew the desire of Your people to lives 
of deepening faith, unbounding commitment, and lasting freedom here 
where liberty has made her home.
  We place our trust in You now and forever. Amen.

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