[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God of heaven and Earth, the sacred scriptures tell us that You 
do not have favorites, but that anyone of any nationality who fears You 
and chooses what is right is acceptable to You.
  Yet there is a patriotic sense surrounding this place today where we 
pray. Here patriotism has formulated affection and faithfulness in 
these United States. Here the American people claim an astounding 
history and build upon a constitutional foundation. The Capitol forms 
bonds of devotion and loyalty among Your people and proudly represents 
this land of the free and home of the brave.
  Be with the Members of the House of Representatives today as they 
pass laws and determine public policy for this Nation. Guide them now 
as You have in the past because it is in You, O God, we place our 
trust, now and forever. Amen.

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