[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 50 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S3481]
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 know us as we really are. You see beneath the 
polished surface of our projected adequacy. You know our true needs. 
The great need, at the core of all our needs is to truly experience 
Your presence. We need You, dear God. It is our most profound joy to 
know that the desire to know, love, and serve You today is the result 
of Your hand upon our shoulders. You motivate the desire to pray 
because You delight in us when we desire You above all else. More than 
anything You can give us or do for us, we long to live in communion 
with You. Our spirituality is what we do with our yearning. In this 
moment of honest prayer, we turn over to You the longings of our 
hearts; everything from our most personal anxieties to our 
relationships and responsibilities. How wonderful it is to know that 
You have motivated us to pray because You have solutions and 
resolutions for our most complex problems.
  Bless the Senators today with an engaging conversation with You. 
Thank You that You are ready to give the guidance, wisdom, and vision 
that will be required in each hour. Go before them to show the way, 
reside in their minds to provide power, and replenish their assurance 
that what You have called them to do is the people's business in 
Government. This is the day You have made; we will rejoice and be glad 
in You! Amen.

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