[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 59 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, as we prepare for this weekend of Mother's Day, we 
praise You for our own mothers and the love and care we received from 
them, and for all the mothers of our Nation for the influence they have 
in shaping the character of children. We would agree with John Ruskin 
when he said that the history of a nation is not to be read in its 
battlefields but in its homes. Thank You for mothers who know You and 
communicate their faith and moral values to their children. Strengthen 
the mothers of this land now in this time when children are faced with 
an unprecedented deprecation of integrity, honesty, and character. Help 
mothers to be the kind of people they long for their children to 
become. As children grow into young adults, may their mothers be their 
best friends and confidants in the quest for confident living. Give us 
all a renewed appreciation for aging mothers who need a special 
assurance that they did their best and are appreciated. And for those 
mothers who have graduated to the next stage of eternal life in heaven 
with You, may they be remembered with grateful bouquets in our minds 
and hearts.
  Dear God, we pause in the work of this Senate to salute the heroines 
of hope who are our mothers here or in heaven. Through our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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