[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 68 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5489]
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 God, give us a deeper awareness of the power of prayer. You 
have told us in the Bible that there are blessings You grant only when 
we care enough to pray for each other. Our attitudes are changed when 
we do pray for one another. We listen better and conflicts are 
resolved. We discover answers to problems together because prayer has 
made it easier to work out solutions. Working together becomes more 
pleasant and more productive.
  Knowing this, we make a specific commitment to pray for the people 
with whom we disagree politically. As we pledge that we are one Nation 
under You, help us to exemplify for our Nation what it means to be one 
here in the Senate family, with unity in our diversity, held together 
with the bonds of loyalty to You and to our Nation.
  Today, we experience the power of intercessory prayer for very 
specific needs. We ask You to comfort and encourage the survivors of 
the tornado that leveled the town of Spencer, South Dakota.
  Also, we ask You for the continued healing and health of Senator 
Arlen Specter. Be with him now as he is in surgery.
  And we join with Members of both parties in thanking You for the life 
and leadership of Senator Barry Goldwater who served here in the Senate 
for 30 years. Bless his wife and family in this time of grief. In the 
Name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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