[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10673]
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, help us to see things from Your perspective and 
envision what can happen through Your power. We need You to help us 
combat the growing tide of cynicism in our society. Secular humanism is 
catching. It leads to horizontal thinking. We evaluate things on the 
basis of what we can do on our own strength. Sometimes our capacity to 
hope is debilitated by life's frustrations, disappointments over 
people, and our inability to control life. Cynicism becomes addictive. 
It begins with negativism, grows in a critical attitude, and becomes a 
settled personality trait.
  Father, help us to be realistic about people and situations, but 
always expectant of what You can do. Give us Your joy as the only 
lasting antidote to cynicism. We trust You with our problems, difficult 
relationships, and disturbing anxieties. We commit the present crisis 
in our Nation to You and ask for Your wise guidance. Now, with Your 
help, we want to share contagious joy and not spread the virus of 
cynicism. In the Name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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