[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12110]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal is Your mercy, Lord, ever patient with our human ways. Grant 
success to the work of this Congress. Bless the very desire to serve 
You have placed in the hearts of these men and women as Members of the 
House of Representatives.
  By representing the interests of the people and districts which have 
sent them here, they are lifted beyond self-interest. In caring for the 
interests of the entire Nation, they are stretched to a broader 
perspective.
  As they dedicate themselves and their work together to You, Almighty 
God, they are drawn by Your universal love and pervasive justice both 
now and forever.
  Amen.

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