[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 82 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6735]
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 God, we respond to the repeated biblical admonition to give You 
praise for the gift of life and to thank You for Your daily goodness, 
faithfulness, and grace in answer to our prayers for each other. You 
seek our gratitude because it turns all of life into a constant 
expression of love to You. All that we have and are is a gift from Your 
gracious care.
  Today we thank You for the Senate family of friends. You not only 
have called the Senators to lead this Nation but to share with each 
other a deep friendship of mutual caring. In times of personal need and 
in times of special blessing, they stand together to encourage each 
other and rejoice with each other.
  As we begin this new week, we are united in mutual thanksgiving. We 
praise You for the continued healing of Senator Arlen Specter. Bless 
him and return him to work with Your strength.
  And today, we join with Senator Trent and Tricia Lott in delight in 
the birth of their grandson, Chester Trent Lott III, born Saturday 
evening to Chet and Diane Lott. Thank You, dear Father, for this 
wonderful child of promise.
  Now we commit to You the work of this day. Draw us into deeper 
friendship with You and with each other. In the Name of our Lord and 
Savior. Amen.

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