[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5705]
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 Father, thank You for this time of prayer in which our minds 
and hearts can be enlarged to receive Your spirit. You are the answer 
to our deepest need. More than any secondary gift You can give, we long 
for the primary grace of Yourself offered in profound love and 
acceptance. We have learned that when we abide in Your presence and are 
receptive to Your guidance, You inspire our minds with insight and 
wisdom, our hearts with resiliency and courage, and our bodies with 
vigor and vitality.
  In the quiet of this moment we commit all our worries to You. We 
entrust to You our concerns over the people of our lives. Our desire is 
to give ourselves to the work of this day with freedom and joy. Give us 
strength when we are weary, fresh vision when our wells run dry, 
indefatigable hope when others become discouraged. In the name of our 
Lord. Amen.

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