[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29011]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, Your prophetic servant Isaiah tells the Nation:
  ``Listen . . . in silence.
  Let all people renew their strength . . .
  Let them approach . . . Let them speak.
  Let us together draw near to the Sacred.''
  

  Lord, out of silence comes the deepest words. The human heart 
overwhelmed with love or sorrow rests. It is there in the prayer of 
silence that cultures and religious practices meet.
  So bless America, all the Members of Congress and our military in 
Iraq this weekend with that silent moment when the wonder of Your 
sacred presence is noticed and the gift of peace is ushered into the 
world from the depths of our being.
  For we are called to worship You and You alone, now and forever. 
Amen.

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