[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 84 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord of all life, Sovereign of this Nation, we ask You to bless the 
women and men of this Senate as they press on to express their 
convictions on the soul-sized fiscal issues confronting our Nation.
  In these days of discussion, when priorities must be set and 
differences are sharply focused, we need a special measure of Your 
grace. In the debate over what it will take to balance the budget, and 
when and how this can be achieved, there will be strong disagreement. 
We will need Your wisdom and Your guidance to practice the fine art of 
creative compromise, so that the budget will reflect what is best for 
our Nation both now and for the future. Liberate us from the polarities 
of presuppositions that keep us from moving toward consensus. Help each 
Senator to speak the truth as he or she sees it, listen carefully to 
differing points of view, and then be willing to find workable 
solutions. Guide us through these days of discord and division and 
bring us to a resolution in which there is no victor except the people 
of this Nation. In Your reconciling name. Amen.


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