[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, in a world of crises and change, we are grateful that 
You are the same, yesterday, today, and forever! Your love is constant 
and never changes. You have called us to belong to You, to trust You, 
and to serve You.
       With renewed dependence on You we accept our Nation's role 
     as a defender of freedom in the world. We need Your guidance 
     and strength for the present war against terrorism. We have 
     been attacked by a terrorist movement with religious 
     fanaticism. They call us infidels and harbor historic hatred 
     against us. Our deep commitment is to free Afghanistan from 
     the tyranny of the Taliban and the terrorism of al Qaeda. 
     When our enemy claims to have divine approbation for its 
     destructive cause, we reaffirm our historic conviction that 
     our Nation's calling is to seek to be on Your side, rather 
     than glibly presume that You are always on our side. Help us 
     to keep our priorities straight: to seek to serve You first 
     above all and to battle for righteousness, justice, and 
     freedom. Bless our President and all who work with him in 
     sorting out the strategy of this just war. Lead on, O 
     Sovereign Lord; we are one Nation under You, indivisible and 
     invincible only with Your power. Amen.

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