[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, Chief of Chaplains for the United 
States Navy, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, whose way is in the sea and whose paths are in the 
great waters, we offer our gratitude to You, for the pastors, rabbis, 
priests, and imams who, over the course of 240 years, have left the 
safety of their homes and the comfort of their pulpits to wear the 
cloth of this country's Navy.
  We would ask that You would grant Your blessing on these whom You 
have called to ensure that the voices of faith are never silenced, to 
provide the sanctuary of Your presence, to serve alongside the sons and 
daughters who faithfully serve in every clime and place to preserve the 
ideals You have offered.
  In our efforts to preserve liberty, remind us that the freedoms we 
enjoy are gifts of Your grace.
  In our deliberations to uphold justice, keep us bound to Your law of 
mercy.
  In our encounters with each other, guide us with Your steadfast love 
that, in these days of tumultuous seas of conflict and raging waters of 
uncertainty, Your way be known and Your path revealed. It is in the 
strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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