[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 83 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Sovereign of this Nation and gracious Father of our 
lives, thank You for enabling unity in diversity and oneness in spite 
of our differences. You hold us together when otherwise ideas and 
policies and resolutions would divide us. Make us sensitive to one 
another, especially when a vote makes conspicuous our differences. Help 
us to reach out to each other to affirm that we are one in our calling 
to lead our Nation. May we neither savor our victories nor nurse our 
disappointments, but press on.
  So we fall on the knees of our hearts seeking Your blessings for our 
work this day. To know You is our greatest privilege and to grow in our 
knowledge of Your will is our most urgent need. Lord, our strength is 
insufficient; bless us with Your wisdom. Our vision is incomplete; 
bless us with Your hope. In Your holy name. Amen.

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