[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God our Father, because the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of 
the people of this age, especially of those who are poor or afflicted 
in any way are the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of all those who 
truly serve the public, we pray for those in government here in these 
United States, as well as those serving in foreign governments. May 
they be true to their calling.
  Help all to learn from their mistakes in the past. By working 
tirelessly for that justice which will bring about true and lasting 
peace, may Your servants be encouraged to do what is right for the 
common good of all.
  You reveal that those who hunger for justice and work for peace will 
surely be known as Your sons and daughters. In this we trust now and 
forever, Amen.

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