[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following 
prayer:
  Gracious God, we thank You for the heroes You have set before us, 
exemplars like Martin Luther King, Jr., whose voice sounds a clarion 
call that resonates still today.
  May his prayers be ours and his dream our own: that we would live 
according to Your design that no one would be judged by the color of 
their skin, or their side of the aisle, but by the content of their 
character.
  Leave us not devoid of the power to forgive but embolden us with the 
power to love, that we would be willing to risk our position, our 
prestige, and even our lives for the welfare of our neighbors and the 
good of this country.
  Then one day may this Nation be capable to present itself to be 
measured not by where we have stood in moments of comfort and 
convenience but in times of challenge and controversy.
  We pray these things, asking for the intelligence to know Your will, 
the courage to do Your will, and the devotion to love Your will.
  In the strength of Your holy name.
  Amen.

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