[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, in ancient days as armies gathered and You stood in the 
midst of war, You called forth Jeremiah and named him Your prophet. Be 
with Your people now and give the leaders of government prophetic 
wisdom to make right judgments and be discerning in lasting justice.
  Attune our hearts that we may hear Jeremiah's calling as spoken to us 
today; that seeing with the eyes of his vision we may make Your will 
our own.
  ``The Word of the Lord came to me: Before I formed you in the womb, I 
knew you as my very own; before you were born, I consecrated you. I 
appointed you prophet to the nations.''
  Lord God, before You, as individuals and as a Nation, we are summoned 
now and forever. Amen.

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