[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14911]
[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, throughout the course of history, You have called forth 
people of Your own design to seize a moment of time and make a 
difference in the course of human events.
  Sometimes You have raised up exceptional people, heroes in battle, 
learned scholars, powerful speakers and world leaders. At other times, 
You have simply used ordinary people faithful in their daily duties, 
doctors, laborers, parents or teachers, caught in a moment when a 
responsible decision, a strong voice or defined action was required of 
them. But always You have been faithful and Your people have responded 
in shaping this Nation.
  In these exceptional times, You have called singular women and men to 
serve as Members in the House of Representatives of this 108th 
Congress. Be with them in their ordinary tasks of meeting people of 
divergent opinions and needs and representing a variety of peoples 
united as one Nation.
  Forgetting themselves in their efforts to serve the best interests of 
others and the common good of this Nation, make of them exceptional 
people, who will be honored now and be remembered forever. Amen.

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