[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 107 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S8329]
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 Lord, You have placed within each of us a conscience as the 
voice of our deep inner self. Over the years our consciences have been 
molded by what we have been taught is true and right. We thank You for 
a conscience rooted in the Ten Commandments and guided on Your spirit. 
You are the Potter, our conscience the clay; mold our values after Your 
way. We ask this not just for our own personal relationships, but also 
for the responsibilities of leadership You have entrusted to us.
  You want to develop the future of this Nation through the leadership 
of women and men of this Senate and all of us who labor with them. So 
refine our consciences; purify any dross until You can see Your own 
nature reflected in the refined gold of Your priorities of 
righteousness, justice, mercy. Give us Your heart for the poor and 
those who suffer. Keep us faithful to Your vision for this Nation so 
clearly revealed to our Founding Fathers and Mothers. Set us ablaze 
with patriotism and loyalty. Then continue to speak to us through our 
consciences. May we work out in specifics what You have worked into the 
fiber of our character. We commit ourselves anew to seek Your guidance 
and follow it this day. Give us courage to follow the convictions You 
have developed in our consciences. In the name of Jesus who taught us 
that we can know the truth and the truth will set us free. Amen.

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