[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 59]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Lord, inside each of us is that sacred sanctuary of the 
soul, the port of entry for Your Spirit, the place You live in each of 
us, and the portion of us that determines the development of our 
characters and direction for our lives. We join with the psalmist's 
longing for You to heal our souls with Your forgiveness, to uplift our 
souls with Your inspiration, to quiet our souls with Your peace, to 
sustain our souls with Your patience, and to calm our souls with Your 
pacing and timing. May the soul of the matter for us today be to 
express what You have placed in our souls. And so we say with the 
psalmist: ``Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless 
His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His 
benefits. . . .''--Psalm 103:1-2, Lord God of hope, be with us yet, 
lest we forget! Amen.

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