[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 27115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  God of peace, fill our minds and flood our hearts with Your peace. 
May we hear Your message: ``Peace on earth, good will to all people'' 
above the discordant voices of these turbulent times. Give us Your 
peace that calms our nerves, conditions our thinking, and clears our 
vision. Your peace is the serenity of heaven provided for the loved and 
forgiven. It is the assurance that we will receive all that we need to 
meet the challenges of this day. Your peace comes to us when we commit 
our responsibilities to You and then work with Your guidance and grace.
  Help the Senators to be peacemakers as they finish the work of this 
106th Congress. Bear on their hearts and minds the words of Thomas 
Jefferson after the contentious election of 1800: ``The greatest good 
we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one 
people.'' So we all dedicate ourselves to be peacemakers as You 
continue to heal our land. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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