[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14379]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, our days of work and nights of rest run together. We 
need You. 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 that 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 that 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 
Saviour. Amen.

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