[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 18 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of the ages, on this day we come before You, celebrating this 
month the history of our Black American ancestors, who have lived lives 
of faith, and on whose backs were built the foundations of this 
country, and who labor still for justice. Before Your throne we lift up 
for Your blessing countless unsung heroes who in faith gave You their 
own offerings of life and love, whose unwavering faith and fortitude 
have pleased You. And who, when called, even through unimaginable 
adversity, continued to journey in faith, certain of their inheritance 
of Your promise.
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of 
witnesses, may our lives be shaped by their testimony.
  Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily 
entangles that we would not allow anything to deter us from serving You 
in faith.
  And may we run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 
together, toward the goal that You have ordained, that as one people we 
would serve both this Nation and Your purpose.
  In our diversity, in our unity, we offer ourselves to You as we pray 
in the strength of Your holy name.
  Amen.

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