[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4327]
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, help us to pray what we mean and mean what we pray. 
May our prayers never be perfunctory. We ask You to fill this Chamber 
with Your holy presence and glory and acknowledge that all we do and 
say today, as well as our attitudes and our relationships, will be 
observed by You. We pray for Your inspiration for the quality of life 
of the Senate and realize that we are accountable to You for the depth 
of caring we express to one another beyond party loyalties. We 
intercede for our Nation and You give us vision that will require 
united, bipartisan support of legislation to solve problems and grasp 
Your larger plan. We ask for strength to work creatively and 
energetically and You impinge on our minds waiting for our invitation 
for You to empower us with Your spirit. Dear God, help us to pray with 
expectancy. In the name of our Lord who taught us to ask, seek, and 
knock in prayer, knowing that with You nothing is impossible. Amen.

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