[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  We bless You and praise You, Lord God, for the colorful season of 
autumn. As the days grow shorter and the light dims, we face the 
inevitable winter. Among the falling leaves You seed the Earth with 
hidden life. Amidst the dying You are already planting a future. Washed 
deep by rain and snow, You nurture the promise. Help us to live through 
our abandonment to Your loving providence, that the sacrificial plans 
and the decisive ideas of this Congress may flourish with new life for 
America. Amen.

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