[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 41 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S2835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Loving Father, You have taught us that the opposite of love is not 
hatred but indifference. Forgive us for indifference to the needs of 
the people around us. Here in the Senate, where debate over issues is 
the order of the day, it is a temptation to think of those with whom we 
disagree as adversaries, sometimes as political enemies. The very 
people who may need our prayers sometimes are neglected in our 
intercessory prayers because of their position on our cherished 
proposals. Often we become so intent on defeating political enemies 
that we forget they are fellow Americans, sisters and brothers in Your 
family, people You have placed on our agenda to affirm and encourage.
  So may debate be to expose truth, creative compromise to maximize 
solutions, and caring relationships to enable an ambience of mutual 
support. Help each Senator, officer of the Senate, and Senate staff 
adopt the motto: ``I may not agree with you, but I really care about 
you.'' Amen.

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