[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 86 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S6185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on this Senate Chamber, enter 
the mind and heart of each Senator, and reign as Sovereign over all 
that is said and done this day. We confess that it is sometimes easier 
to use pious words to pray about Your presence and power than it is to 
turn over the control of our lives and our work to You. We are strong 
willed people, we want things done our way, and often we are better at 
manipulation than meditation and mediation. Built right into our two 
party system is the potential for discord and the lack of civility. It 
is so easy for us to get suited up like mountain climbers and then 
scramble over molehills. Procedures can become more important than 
progress and winning more crucial than being willing to work together. 
Now at the beginning of this day remind the Senators and all of us who 
serve with them that this is Your Senate, that we are accountable to 
You, and that we could not breathe our next breath without Your 
permission. Keep our attention on what needs to be done now rather than 
on how what is said and done now will impact the November election. In 
our mind's eye we picture a day in which we put You and our Nation 
first. We humble ourselves lest we be humiliated by missing the call to 
greatness. In Your all powerful name. Amen.

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