[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, as this workweek comes to a close, we praise You for 
Your love that embraces us and gives us security, Your joy that uplifts 
us and gives us resiliency, Your peace that floods our hearts and gives 
us serenity, and the presence of Your Spirit that fills us and gives us 
strength and endurance.
  Help the Senators to remember that debate and voting in the Senate is 
like members of a family playing on opposite teams in scrub football. 
After the wins and losses, they still are all brothers and sisters in 
the same family.
  We dedicate this day to You. Help us to realize that it is by Your 
permission that we breathe our next breath and by Your grace that we 
are privileged to use all the gifts of intellect and judgment You 
provide. Give the Senators and all of us who are privileged to work 
with them a perfect blend of humility and hope so we will know that You 
have given us all that we have and are and have chosen to bless us this 
day. Our choice is to respond and commit ourselves to You. Through our 
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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