[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we often come to You listing out our urgent petitions. 
With loving kindness and faithfulness, You guide and provide. You bless 
us beyond our expectations and give us what we need on time and in 
time. Today, Lord, our prayer is for a much better memory of how You 
have heard and answered our petitions in the past. Now we really need 
the gift of a grateful heart.
  We commit this day to count our blessings. We thank You for the gift 
of life, our relationship with You, for Your grace and forgiveness, for 
our family and friends, for the privilege of work, for the problems and 
perplexities that force us to trust You more, and for the assurance 
that You can use even the dark threads of difficulties in weaving the 
tapestry of our lives. Knowing how You delight to bless a thankful 
person, we thank You in advance for Your strength and care today. Lord, 
thank You not just for what You do but for who You are, blessed God and 
loving Father. In that confidence, we ask for Your providential care 
for Cardinal Joseph Bernardin in his time of physical need and 
suffering. Now guide us in the work of this Senate throughout this day. 
In Your holy name. Amen.

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