[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7227]
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, our hearts are filled with gratitude. You have 
chosen to be our God and chosen each of us to know You. The most 
important election of life is Your divine election of us to be Your 
people. Thank You that we live in a land in which we have the freedom 
to enjoy living out this awesome calling. We are grateful for our 
heritage as ``one Nation under God.''
  As this workweek comes to a close, we praise You for Your love that 
embraces us and gives us security, Your joy that uplifts us and gives 
us resiliency, Your peace that floods our hearts and gives us serenity, 
Your spirit that fills us and gives us strength and endurance.
  We dedicate this day to You. Help us to realize that it is by Your 
permission that we breathe our next breath and by Your grace that we 
are privileged to use all the gifts of intellect and judgment You 
provide. Give the Senators, and all of us who work with them, a perfect 
blend of humility and hope so that we will know that You have given us 
all that we have and are and have chosen to bless us this day. Our 
choice is to respond and commit ourselves to You. Through our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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