[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of revelation and eternal guide, when Moses found Your presence 
and heard Your voice, he began to ask questions. When the disciples of 
Jesus began their journey, they asked questions of Him and themselves.
  At the beginning of this 108th Congress here in the House of 
Representatives, we pray especially for all the new Members. May they 
be so welcomed that, with solid reflection and Your grace, they ask the 
right questions. May the freshness of their presence and the richness 
of their past experience bring to bear a new understanding of 
government and the freedom to search for deeper truth. As they learn 
the workings of Congress, may their questions find attentive listeners 
and never lead to embarrassment but only to new perspectives and 
creative methods to accomplish the work of the people's House.
  May this time of adjustment for their families be fruitful and 
surrounded with joy and peace because of Your presence to them now and 
forever. Amen.

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