[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, omnipresent Lord of all life, we do not presume to invite 
You into this Chamber or into the deliberations of this day; You are 
already here. This is Your Nation; this historic Chamber is the 
sanctuary for the sacred work of government. All the Senators are here 
by Your choice, and all of us who work to support their leadership are 
here by Your providence.
  The one place You will not enter without our invitation is our souls. 
You have ordained that we must ask You to take up residence in our 
inner being and to guide our thinking, desires, vision, and plans. The 
latch string is on the inside. You stand at the door of each of our 
souls, persistently knocking. We open the door and receive You as 
absolute Sovereign of our lives. Just as You reign as Sovereign of this 
Nation and our ultimate Leader to whom we relinquish our own wills, may 
Your very best for our beloved Nation be accomplished through what is 
debated and decided today. You are our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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