[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, awe and wonder grip us as we think magnificently about 
You. You are all-knowing, all-loving, all-wise, all-powerful. We openly 
confess our human inadequacies and our need for You to infuse us with 
the strength, understanding, and compassion needed for this day.
  We open our minds to think Your thoughts. We commit to You our 
communications with others. Help us to speak truth as we know it, but 
also enable us to be responsive to what others say. Free us from 
judgmental categorizations that make us resistant to listening to 
people with whom we expect to differ. Give us the humility to know that 
none of us has a corner on Your truth and that we all need each other 
to discover Your guidance together. We yield our attitudes and 
dispositions to Your control so that we might work effectively with 
others. We press on with the duties of the day with hope in our hearts. 
Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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