[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend John Lloyd Ogilvie, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, Sovereign of this Nation and gracious Father of our 
lives, You have placed a homing spirit within us and made our hearts 
restless until they rest in You. The heart of the matter always is the 
heart. Our hearts are lonely until they return and find their home in 
You. You receive us as we are with unqualified grace. Thank You, 
Father, for the strength, security, and serenity You provide us in the 
midst of strain and stress. You offer us perfect peace in the midst of 
pressure and the tyranny of the urgent.
  We also thank You that we find each other as we return to You. You 
give us the miracle of unity in diversity, oneness in spite of our 
differences. You hold us together when otherwise ideas, policies, and 
resolutions would divide us. Make us sensitive to one another, 
especially when a vote makes conspicuous our differences. Help us to 
reach out to each other to affirm that we are one in the calling to 
lead our Nation. May we neither savor our victories or nurse our 
disappointments, but press on.
  So we fall on the knees of our hearts seeking Your blessing for our 
work this day. To know You is our greatest privilege and to grow in our 
knowledge of Your will is our most urgent need. Our strength is 
insufficient; bless us with Your wisdom. Our vision is incomplete; 
bless us with Your hope. Carpe diem. We grasp the day. In Your holy 
name, Yahweh, through Christ, our Lord. Amen.


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