[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 81 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6641]
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, as we approach this Father's Day weekend, we praise You 
that You are our Heavenly Father from whom we learn what true 
fatherhood really means. You exemplify the perfect blend of admonition 
and affirmation, discipline and nurture, encouragement and inspiration.
  May this Father's Day be more than a celebration honoring fathers, 
but a day of calling fathers to their responsibility for the spiritual 
and character formation of their children. In this time of dropout dads 
and absentee fathers, when 21 million children in America live without 
a father in their homes, we ask You to instigate a father movement.
  Bless the families of our land. Stir fathers who have abdicated their 
leadership. When fathers are silent about their faith, children miss 
the strength and courage of learning how to trust You with the ups and 
downs of life. We need a great spiritual awakening. Thank You for 
waking up the fathers of the land and for a Father's Day dedicated to 
the recovery of the role of strong fathers to love their wives and 
their children. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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