[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  ``Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,'' saith the Lord.--
Zechariah 4:6.
  Almighty God, our Adonai, thank You for these salient words reminding 
us that You are the only reliable source of strength to accomplish 
anything of lasting value. These words spoken through Zechariah and 
repeated during the days of Hanukkah have particular significance to us 
this year. We claim the meaning of the word Hanukkah, ``dedication,'' 
as we rededicate our lives to serve You in the struggle to assure 
religious freedom for all people. We join with Jewish people in the 
celebration of the Feast of Dedication and remember the victory in 165 
B.C. of the Maccabees over the tyrant Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his 
troops who had occupied Jerusalem, desecrated the temple, and sought to 
destroy forever the Hebrew religion.
  We celebrate this victory that enabled the Jews to rededicate the 
temple and once again worship You freely. Gratefully, we remember the 
one remaining flask of pure olive oil left in the temple that You kept 
burning for 8 days and 8 nights until the supply could be replenished. 
Now, as Jews light menorahs, we ask You to light up all of our hearts 
with Your truth so that we all can shine in the spiritual darkness of 
our time when evil things are done in the name of religion, and where 
religious freedom is denied people. We dedicate ourselves to battle 
injustice not by our might or our power, but by the courage of Your 
Spirit. Amen.

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