[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 75 (Monday, May 8, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our refuge, 
and our strength, we join our hearts and voices with people across our 
Nation and throughout the world in grateful praise to You. Today, as we 
remember that triumphant Victory in Europe Day a half a century ago, we 
thank You for being an ever-present help in trouble. Thank You for the 
gift of memory, not only to remember the depths of degradation and 
depravity to which humankind fell under the dictatorship of Adolf 
Hitler and the Third Reich, but most of all, help us never to forget 
Your divine intervention that made possible the Allied victory. We 
remember the supreme sacrifice of so many men and women in that war to 
liberate humankind from the grip of a brutal enemy.
  Lord of history, we go about the work of this Senate today with a 
renewed assurance that You do have the final word. When the enemies of 
righteousness and justice have done their worst, You help Your people 
to fight for freedom and You do bring an end to suffering. You have 
intervened to help us in just wars against the despots and dictators of 
history. As we remember the victory of 50 years ago that broke the back 
of Nazi tyranny, so too You call us to live expectantly with our hope 
in Your power as we confront the forces of hate and terrorism, 
injustice and inequality in our time. In Your name Jehovah-Shalom, 
Prince of Peace. Amen.


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