[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 117 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  ``If we pray, we will believe;
  ``If we believe, we will love;
  ``If we love, we will serve.''
  These words of the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta call us to prayer.
  Almighty God who cares profoundly for the lost, the lonely, the sick, 
and the suffering, we express our gratitude for one who has allowed her 
heart to be broken by what breaks Your heart. We thank You for the life 
of Your loyal servant, Mother Teresa.
  Lord, You have told us that what we do for the least, we do for You. 
We thank You for the way You came to her in the poor and suffering and 
they were cared for as if ministering to You.
  Like Jesus, she did not seek to be served but to serve. She has shown 
us the value of every person You love. The spirit of love pulsated 
through her. She was a riverbed for the flow of Your grace for the 
castoffs of society. Her own prayer expresses our desires:
  ``Make us worthy, Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world 
who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them, through our hands, 
this day their daily bread; and by our understanding love, give peace 
and joy.''
  As we have seen what You can do through a person totally committed to 
You, and unreservedly dedicated to love as You love, we are moved to 
rededicate our own lives to sacrificial service and receive 
supernatural power to give ourselves to those who hurt and need hope, 
who suffer and long for strength. One life to live; t'will soon be 
past; only what's done for You will last. In the name of our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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