[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
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, I pray for Your supernatural strength for the women and 
men of this Senate, their families and their staffs. Bless them with a 
fresh flow of Your strength--strength to think clearly, serve 
creatively, and endure consistently; strength to fill up diminished 
human resources; silent strength that flows from Your limitless source, 
quietly filling them with artesian power. You never ask us to do more 
than You will provide the strength to accomplish. So make us river beds 
for the flow of Your creative Spirit. Fill this day with unexpected 
surprises of Your grace. Be Lord of every conversation, the unseen 
Guest at every meeting and the Guide of every decision.
  Gracious Lord, on this Saint Patrick's Day, we remember the words 
with which he began his days. ``I arise today, through God's might to 
uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's 
ear to hear me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me and 
God's shield to protect me.'' Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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