[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 55 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S3569]
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, before us is a brand new week filled with opportunities 
to serve as servant leaders. We trust You to guide us so that all that 
we do and say today will be for Your glory.
  Since we will pass through this day only once, if there is any 
kindness we can express, any affirmation we can communicate, any help 
we can give, free us to do it today. Help us to be sensitive to what is 
happening to the people around us. We know there are unmet needs 
beneath the surface of the most successful and the most self-assured 
people. Today, some are enduring hidden physical or emotional pain; 
others are fearful of uncertain futures; and still others carry burdens 
of worry for families or friends. May we take no one for granted but, 
instead, be communicators of Your love and encouragement.
  We pause to ask Your special blessing and healing on the members of 
the family of Officer Robert Lebron III, who were involved in an 
automobile accident this morning.
  And now, Lord, we express gratitude for all of the people who make 
this Senate function effectively: Each Senator's staff, the Senate 
officers and staff, the Official Reporters of Debates, the Capitol 
Police and Secret Service, the maintenance crews, and the people who 
work so faithfully in hundreds of other crucial tasks. We also thank 
You for the outstanding young men and women who serve as Senate pages. 
We praise You for each one of these future leaders of our Nation. Lord, 
You have richly blessed this Senate so that You may bless this Nation 
through its inspired leadership. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.

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