[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 50 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Lloyd John Ogilvie, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almightly God, You have promised strength for the work of this day, 
power to handle the pressures, light for the way, patience in problems, 
help from above, unfading courage, and undying love. In the stresses 
and strains of leadership, often we sense our wells have run dry. Life 
has a way of de-powering us, depleting our resiliency, and draining our 
patience. People can get us down and perplexities stir us up.
  Lord, I pray for Your supernatural strength for the women and men of 
this Senate, their families and their staffs. Bless them with a fresh 
flow of Your strength--strength to think clearly, serve creatively, and 
endure consistently; strength to fill up diminished human resources; 
silent strength that flows from Your limitless source, quietly filling 
them with artesian power. You never ask us to do more than You will 
provide the strength to accomplish. So make us river beds for the flow 
of Your creative spirit. Fill this day with the serendipities, 
unexpected surprises of Your grace. Be Lord of every conversation, the 
unseen quest at every meeting, and the guide of every decision.
  Gracious Lord, on this Saint Patrick's Day, we remember the words 
with which Patrick began his days. ``I arise today, through God's might 
to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, 
God's ear to hear me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before 
me and God's shield to protect me.'' In Your holy name. Amen.


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