[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, as this work-week comes to a close, we praise You 
for Your love that embraces us and gives us security, Your joy that 
uplifts us and gives us resiliency, Your peace that floods our hearts 
and gives us serenity, and the presence of Your Spirit that fills us 
and gives us strength and endurance.
  We dedicate this day to You. Help us to realize that it is by Your 
permission that we breathe our next breath and by Your grace that we 
are privileged to use all the gifts of intellect and judgment You 
provide. Give the Senators and all of us who work with them a perfect 
blend of humility and hope, so that we will know You have given us all 
that we have and are and have chosen to bless us this day. Our choice 
is to respond and commit ourselves to You. Through our Lord and Savior. 
Amen.

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