[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, so often we begin the work of the Senate by praying 
for unity. Today we search deeper into our own hearts to discover why 
we ask for unity and then find it difficult to accept Your gift. Today 
we humble ourselves and confess our profound need for Your help. 
Crucial issues separate Senators ideologically. Both sides in debate 
assume they are right. Sometimes pride fires the flames of the 
competitive will to win. Other times physical tiredness causes loss of 
control, and words may be used to demean or shame with blame. In the 
quiet of this moment we ask You to imbue the Senators with the 
controlling conviction of their accountability to You for what is said 
and done. We ask You to give the leaders of both parties the initiative 
to take the first step to break deadlocks and move toward creative 
compromises and achieve agreements.
  Lord God, we need Your healing. Make us all as willing to receive as 
You are to give. Without You, we are powerless; with You, nothing is 
impossible. Amen.

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