[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, who never sends tragedies or trouble but is with us in 
the midst of nerve-stretching times to give us courage, we fall on the 
knees of our hearts seeking the peace and hope only You can provide. 
When there is nowhere else to turn it's time to return to You. With the 
untimely death of the heroic astronauts, we are reminded of the 
shortness of our lives and the length of eternity.
  Yesterday we listened to Secretary of State Colin Powell and realized 
again that we face a treacherous enemy with formidable, destructive 
power. For the sake of the safety of humankind and the world, grant the 
President, his advisors, and this Senate Your strategy and strength for 
the crucial decisions confronting them.
  And now for the work of this day, keep the Senators and all of us who 
work with and for them mindful that You are Sovereign of this land, and 
that we are accountable to You for all that is said and done. May the 
bond of patriotism that binds us together always be stronger than any 
issue that threatens to divide us. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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