[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16885]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, You are our light and our salvation. In Your hands is the faith 
of this Nation, for we place all our trust in You.
  You claim the hearts of the powerful. Bestow Your wisdom upon the 
Members of the House of Representatives, that they may draw from the 
foundation of Your counsel and place You in all their thoughts and 
deeds.
  The many talents of these women and men in government reflect Your 
splendor and manifest the diversity of this Nation. May their work 
today give the world hope and joy. For You are Lord of all and work 
through all, both now and forever. Amen.

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