[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S8423]
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, You are the healing power for the physical and 
emotional illnesses of Your people. Through the ages You have guided 
the development of medical science in the discovery of cures for the 
diseases of humankind. You use surgeons, physicians, nurses, 
technicians, and pharmacologists to facilitate Your healing. Throughout 
history, You have motivated the building of hospitals for the care of 
the sick, and You have made medical science and the practice of 
medicine a divine calling. Now, at the end of the 20th century, when 
commercialism often blocks humanitarianism, guide the Senators in their 
debate of health care issues. May their deliberations on differing 
plans to assure patients' rights bring them to compromises and 
solutions that are right and just for the future of all Americans. We 
pray that Your abundant healing mercy be the ambience of their attitude 
in this crucial debate. O Divine Healer, Source of the miracle of 
healing, grant this Senate the miracle of agreement. In Your 
reconciling power. Amen.

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