[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 127 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10569]
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, Sovereign of this Nation and Lord of our Lives, You 
have blessed us to be a vital part of Your blessing to others. We 
commit this day to be sensitive to the needs of others around us. Show 
us the people who particularly need encouragement or affirmation. Give 
us exactly what we should say to give them a lift. Free us of 
preoccupation with ourselves and our own needs. Help us to remember 
that people will care about what we know when they know we care about 
them. May our countenance, words, and actions communicate our caring. 
Make us good listeners and enable us to hear what people are expressing 
beneath what they are saying. Most of all, remind us of the power of 
intercessory prayer. May we claim Your best for people as we pray for 
them. Especially we pray for those with whom we disagree on issues. 
Help us to see them not as enemies but as people who will help sharpen 
our edge. Lift us above petty attitudes or petulant gossip. Fill this 
Chamber with Your presence and our hearts with Your magnanimous 
attitude toward others.
  Today, we remember William Ridgley, who joined the company of heaven 
this last Saturday. He started his Senate service on June 1, 1949, as a 
bookkeeper in the Senate Disbursing Office and rose through the ranks 
of the Disbursing Office, leaving as the Senate Financial Clerk after 
28 years. We remember him with gratefulness and ask You to comfort his 
family. In the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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