[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father, thank You for this quiet moment with You when we can 
receive the peace of knowing we are loved and forgiven, the healing of 
hurts from harbored memories, the answers to problems that seem 
unsolvable, and a vision for our Nation that would otherwise be beyond 
human expectation. To know You is our greatest desire and to serve You 
is life's greatest delight.
  Gracious Lord of all life, forgive our imposed dichotomy between the 
sacred and the secular. Every person, situation, and responsibility is 
sacred to You because everyone and everything belongs to You. Give us a 
renewed awareness that all we have and are is Your gift. May we cherish 
the wonder of life You have entrusted to us. May our gratitude be the 
motive for our work today in this Senate. We want our work to be an 
expression of our worship of You. Therefore, we make a renewed 
commitment to excellence in everything we do and say. In the name of 
Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen.

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