[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O God, our Help in ages past, free us to be open to Your gift of hope 
for years to come. Particularly, we pray for a lively hopefulness for 
today. Grant that we may not allow our experience of You in the past to 
make us think that You are predictable or limited in what You will do 
today. Help us not to become so familiar with Your customary daily 
blessings that we lose the sense of expectancy for Your special 
interventions in the complexities and the challenges of each day.
  We praise You for the historic breakthrough in genomic research and 
the mapping of the human genome announced this week. Thank You for 
granting humankind another aspect of Your omniscience so we can press 
on in the diagnosis and healing of disease.
  Now today we will continue to expect great things from You, and we 
will attempt great things for You. In our worries and cares, give us 
the joy of knowing that You are with us. In our Lord's burden-banishing 
name. Amen.

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