[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Blessed be the Name of the Lord: God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. 
We thank You for this sacred Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. We hear 
Your whisper in our souls, ``I, even I, am He who blots out your 
transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.''--
Isaiah 43:25.
  Guide our confession, Holy God. Remind us of those things that need 
Your atonement. Forgive us for our sins of omission and commission, for 
the drift of our culture from Your moral absolutes. Situations should 
not shape our ethics but Your ethics must shape our situations. Cleanse 
us from the acts and attitudes that contradict Your will for us. We 
have broken Your commandments, denied Your justice, and resisted Your 
righteousness.
  As a Nation on this holy day, we ask for Your forgiveness; as 
individuals, we claim Your forgiveness for the ways we have broken Your 
heart.
  May the assurance of Your grace give us fresh courage to forgive 
others as You have forgiven us. Liberate our memories from harbored 
hurts. We commit this day to communicate Your love and forgiveness to 
others. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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