[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  O Lord, this Nation has sought Your blessing from one generation to 
the next. Before we were brought into being, You are God, without 
beginning or end.
  Time moves quickly, but in Your eyes 200 years are like yesterday, 
come and gone. Be with us now.
  Bless this Chamber and all its Members and activities. From page to 
Parliamentarian, from guide to gardener, bless those who labor here, 
contributing in great and small measure to historic government and a 
productive future.
  At any moment some in this busy world may seem to avoid work. By Your 
holy inspiration, bring about true freedom across this land. May all 
choose daily tasks where they find respect and personal dignity, 
assuring their own independence and creativity while providing support 
to loved ones and quality service to others.
  Let Your glory be revealed in Your servants and grant success to the 
work of our hands. Grant success to the work of our hands now and 
forever. Amen.

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