[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12073]
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 Lord, You have created us to know, love, and serve You. 
Thanksgiving is the memory of our hearts. You have shown us that 
gratitude is the parent of all other virtues. Without gratitude, we 
miss the greatness You intended and often become proud and self-
centered. Thanksgiving is the thermostat of our souls, opening us to 
the inflow of Your spirit and the realization of even greater 
blessings.
  We want to live this day with an attitude of gratitude for all of the 
gifts of life: for intellect and emotion, will, strength, fortitude, 
and courage. We are privileged to live in this free land so richly 
blessed by You.
  Thank You Father for the women and men of this Senate and for all who 
work with them to lead this Nation. May this Saturday session be 
productive, bring resolution to conflicts, and the completion of 
unfinished legislation. Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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