[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22693]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, all power and authority belong to You. You hold the 
universe in Your hands and focus Your attention on the planet Earth. We 
humble ourselves before You. You alone are Lord of all nations and have 
called our Nation to be a leader of the family of nations. By Your 
providence You have brought to this Senate the men and women through 
whom You can rule wisely in soul-sized matters that affect the destiny 
of this nation. With awe and wonder at Your trust in them, the Senators 
press on in consideration of the homeland security legislation.
  Grip their minds with three assurances to sustain them today: You are 
Sovereign of this land and they are accountable to You; You are able to 
guide their thinking, speaking, and decisions if they will ask You; and 
You will bring them to unity so that they may lead our Nation in its 
strategies of defense and the world in its shared obligation to 
confront and defeat the insidious forces of terrorism.
  God of peace, hear our prayer. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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