[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 302]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You have created us in Your own image; forgive us when 
we return the compliment by trying to create You in our image, 
projecting onto You human judgmentalism. We evade Your judgment of our 
judgments. Our judgments divide us from one another. We condemn those 
who differ with us; we miss Your lordship by lording it over others. We 
need to be reconciled to You, Lord. Forgive any pride, prejudice, or 
presumption. Our Nation is deeply wounded by cutting words and hurting 
attitudes toward other religions, races, and political parties. We are 
divided into camps of liberal and conservative, Republican and 
Democrat, and from each camp we shout demeaning criticisms of each 
other. Forgive our arrogance, but also forgive our reluctance to work 
together with those with whom we differ. We confess that Your work in 
our Nation is held back because of intolerance.
  We know that You are the instigator of our longing to be one and the 
inspiration of our oneness. Bind us together with the triple-braided 
cord of Your acceptance, atonement, and affirmation. In Your holy name. 
Amen.

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