[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Cast your burden on the Lord and He shall sustain you.--Psalm 55:22.
  Gracious Father, we respond to this uplifting promise with gratitude. 
Each of us has burdens. Some of them are profoundly personal. We carry 
the burden of our failures. In the quiet we hear You say, ``You are 
forgiven; peace be with you.'' We also carry the burden of worry over 
our families and friends. You remind us that You love the people about 
whom we are concerned and so we turn our anxiety about the needs of 
people over to You. In our work we are burdened by the unfinished and 
the unresolved. Help us to do the very best we can each day and leave 
the results to You. As leaders of our Nation, we are troubled by the 
drift of our society from Your righteousness and truth. The burden of 
leadership rests heavily on our shoulders. We hear Your whisper in our 
souls, ``I will never leave you or forsake you.''
  Dear God, bless the Senators, their families, staffs, and all who are 
part of the extended Senate family here in the Capitol. Whatever 
burdens each carries today, we ask You to lift them by Your grace and 
provide for them out of Your boundless resources. Then help us to lift 
each other's burdens by being as encouraging as You have been to us.
  Today we join with the Nation in honoring and expressing our 
gratitude for peace officers. Thank You for those gallant officers who 
have given their lives in the line of duty.
  In the name of our Lord. Amen.

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