[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we praise You for new beginnings and fresh starts. 
Things never need remain the same. Because of Your grace, we need not 
perpetuate the problems of the past. Last week was a week of conflict, 
sharp disagreements, and acrimonious differences over the procedures 
and methods of managing the work of the Senate. Here we are, at the 
beginning of a new week. We know that we cannot remain deadlocked and 
debilitated by differences. Grant the Senators the willingness to 
listen to one another. May both parties be willing to place the highest 
priority and value on finding a way to move forward together. Remind 
them that there is nowhere else to go, no escape from the 
responsibility of leading the Nation together. Help all of the Senators 
to discern what is needed for the parties to function effectively 
together and then to commit themselves to doing everything they can do, 
not to defend a position but to discover Your plan for unity and 
oneness in the spirit of patriotism. Father, we need You. Our efforts 
have not worked. We need Your intervention, Your vision for a solution, 
and Your power to make things work. Extricate us from being part of the 
problem to becoming part of Your solution. You are our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen.

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