[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, our God, springtime invites us to look at all creation anew and 
rejoice in its freshness. It inspires all of us to reflect on: ``What 
are we creating?''
  In partnership with You, as Your people, we desire to accomplish Your 
holy will.
  Help the Members of this House in the 107th Congress to look at 
themselves, their politics, priorities, and the Nation's interests with 
new vision in the light of Your Spirit.
  By Your Word, plant deep within their hearts personal integrity. 
Strengthen Your people with convictions born of truth and experience.
  In selecting only good seed, may the leaders of government cast 
freely new growth across this Nation.
  Help them to be wise and patient planters seeking not immediate 
results, but a productive future which will feed the stability of our 
homeland and reap a harvest of peace in the world.
  It is You, O Lord, who grant the increase now and forever. Amen.

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