[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following 
prayer:
  O Lord, our God, how majestic is Your name in all the Earth. When we 
look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars 
that You have established; what are human beings that You are mindful 
of them, mortals that You care for them?
  Standing before Your magnificence, we repent of our dependence on our 
own power and wisdom. Who are we, O Lord, but politicians and patriots, 
mere mortals attempting to manage the bounty of this Earth? And even 
so, despite our feeble efforts, our bouts of pride and prejudice, You 
yet charge us with dominion over Your handiwork, and entrust us with 
the governance of this Nation.
  In response to Your mercy on us, we pray that our deliberations would 
reflect Your mindfulness, that our decisions would share Your eternal 
vision, and that our decrees would be worthy of Your faith in us. In 
all that we do, may we magnify Your name and declare Your majesty over 
all the Earth. We offer ourselves to You and pray in the strength of 
Your holy name.
  Amen.

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