[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, we seek Your blessing upon all Members of the House of 
Representatives and the people of this Nation.
  Once Abram responded to Your call of faith he was given Your promise: 
``I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make your 
name so great that it shall be used in blessings.''
  You fulfilled Your promise to our father in faith even as now You 
fulfill Your promise in us and in our time. Ever since the founding of 
this Nation in faith, You have blessed this land and its people. As in 
the past, so now and forever, we seek Your blessing and hope that these 
United States will be the Nation You design; the place where Your 
promise is fulfilled.
  In turbulent times, Lord, do not allow us to lose our primal focus: 
It is You who will make us into a great Nation.
  In present circumstances of war and economics, let us not simply 
react as if we alone counted, but guide us to wisely respond as a great 
Nation. By Your blessing upon us and our daily work, make us a great 
people called to do noble deeds and truly be a blessing upon the world 
both now and forever. Amen.

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