[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10920]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Oh God of justice, You answer whenever we call upon You. Bless our 
Nation and this Congress.
  Make of us fit instruments to accomplish Your will in our day and 
bring pervasive justice to all aspects of life.
  By Your spirit of love, open those hearts that are closed to You or 
to their neighbors.
  Help those who are fragile or frightened to know You are found in 
``the other.''
  Free those hearts that are fastened on what is futile and what is 
false in their search for happiness.
  Rather, we ask You, to place in all our hearts a greater joy than we 
can ever have from any of our many material blessings.
  Let the light of Your face shine on us, O Lord, so that our joy, our 
peace, and our security may be fixed on You, O God of justice, both now 
and forever. Amen.

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