[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 73 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5157]
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, the Rock of Ages who gives us an unchanging source 
of stability and strength, You are our security in the ups and downs of 
life. You have placed a homing spirit in us that makes us restless to 
return to You in prayer. You are everything to us: Light in the 
darkness of our doubts, nourishment for our spiritual hungers, peace in 
our pressures, guidance in our confusion, hope when we feel helpless, 
healing of the hurts of our lives.
  Lord, we are moved by Your majesty and motivated by the magnitude of 
the responsibilities You have entrusted to us. We often express our 
trust in You, but today we are stunned by the trust You express in us. 
It is awesome to realize the confidence You put in the women and men of 
this Senate and those who work with them. May their humility match Your 
willingness to help, their dependence equal Your dynamic power.
  Lord, we return to the work of this Senate creatively carefree. You 
have called us, You have promised to give us wisdom, and You have 
assured us that You will never let us down or never leave us; that You 
will never give us more to do than we can do with Your power. So we 
commit to You all that we have and are to realize Your very best for 
this Nation. In the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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