[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 29 (Monday, February 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God, we come before You still recovering from last week's 
hearings. We confess that our arguments were void of mercy and 
vitriolic in intent and have left us overwhelmed with both despair and 
heartsickness.
  You have warned us that quarreling is of no value and subverts the 
very message we attempt to convey. Convict us of our hubris and our 
headstrong ways, and call us to account for our unwillingness to 
diffuse the contention in our deliberations.
  As we set our sights on another week of controversy, inspire us to 
pursue righteousness and not rightness; to exercise our faith and not 
exploit our rivals' flaws; to speak in love and not with license; to 
find paths to peace rather than resign ourselves to resentment.
  Make us better than we were yesterday, so that our efforts today will 
bring a more perfect tomorrow.
  We pray in the strength of Your holy name.
  Amen.

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