[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Your omniscience confronts and then comforts us. We 
know that if we acknowledge Your involvement in the work of this 
Senate, that You are actually present in the Chamber, we will be 
accountable to You for what we say and how we say it and the methods we 
use to both block or boost progress. Your x-ray vision penetrates to 
reveal the human dynamics as we near the conclusion of this 106th 
Congress. You see our efforts to complete our work, while at the same 
time You also see the tensions over control, how we will look to the 
American people, and our desire to win arguments as well as votes. We 
harbor vague ideas about Your omniscience, but seldom think about the 
fact that You are as concerned about legislation and political process 
as You are about running the universe.
  Lord, it is difficult to trust You to work out Your best for America 
in the midst of our divided ideologies. We need a fresh supply of faith 
to serve You by doing our work cooperatively, speaking the truth as we 
have come to understand it, blending the finest thinking we can produce 
with Your help, and then leaving the results to You.
  Now in this moment of honest confrontation with You, we ask for Your 
help to do things Your way. We commit ourselves to excellence in our 
work and we trust the results to You. We truly believe that You desire 
to work out Your purposes for America through this Senate. You are our 
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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