[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:

Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Forgive our feverish ways . . .
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Your peace.--Whittier.

  In this time of prayer, we claim the assurance given through Isaiah. 
You promise to keep us in perfect peace if we allow You to stay our 
minds on You. This is the peace we need today. The conflict and tension 
of these days threaten to rob us of peace in our souls. It is easy to 
catch the emotional virus of frustration and exasperation, criticism 
and consternation, party spirit and quid pro quo manipulation.
  Then we remember that Your peace is the healing antidote that can 
survive any circumstance. Give us the peace of a trusting and committed 
mind guided by Your Spirit. May Your deep peace flow into us, calming 
our impatience and flow from us to others claiming Your inspiration. In 
the name of the Prince of Peace who whispers in our souls, ``Peace I 
leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I 
give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be 
afraid.''--John 14:27. May this be a great day of working cooperatively 
to finish the work of the 106th Congress for Your glory and the good of 
America. Amen.

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