[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, July 24, 2003

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, Your people lived in security from all their enemies for a 
long time when Joshua summoned all the people, their elders, heads of 
families, their judges, and representatives together, and he said, 
``You have seen for yourselves all that the Lord our God has done for 
you. It was the Lord who fought for you in time of war. It was the Lord 
who granted you the gift of peace. Be resolute, therefore: Observe and 
perform everything written in the book of the Law without swerving to 
right or left.''
  May the words of Joshua pierce the hearts of all in Congress and all 
Americans today. Having seen You, Lord, guiding our history in the 
past, help us to be resolute today. In the formulation of law and 
national policy, let Members of the House hear Your voice. In their 
adherence to the law, let all citizens be Your people of promise and 
bring Your kingdom to reality. Free Your people from labels or postures 
that dictate right or left; rather, may they be so in tune to Your 
living word and Your dynamic spirit that they may be the fulfillment of 
Your law, now and forever. Amen.

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