[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of heaven and earth, with each new day You call us to arise 
to full stature as we awake from sleep. While asleep we were all held 
in common, heaving in and out the breath of life and protected in the 
shadow of Your hand. But now arisen, we approach with individuality and 
diversity the challenge of life before us.
  While asleep, rich and poor alike are restless over selfish cares in 
a relative world. Now brought together in the light of day, Your people 
are summoned to reality and called to work together for the common good 
of all.
  May the House of Representatives be blessed in its work today, 
seeking diverse responses to commonly defined problems. Let there be no 
waste of human effort, of allotted resources or precious commodity of 
time as the people of this country unite in the alleviation of the 
suffering of many and in the endeavors of equal justice and equal 
opportunity for all, now and forever we pray. Amen.

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