[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  From before the beginning of time, God, You have been for us. In 
eternity past, You had Your hand in both our creation and in our 
redemption.
  May we appreciate the lives You have given us, and deliver us from 
our indulgence which squanders the opportunities You have provided.
  May we understand that You have given us dominion over the Earth, and 
disavow us of the prideful notion that we alone are masters of our own 
existence.
  May we see the perfect design You conceived at creation, and forgive 
us our destructive disregard for Your handiwork.
  Most important, may we receive the love You have shown us, and show 
us mercy when our lives reflect, instead, hate and indifference.
  Recreate us, O Lord, to live into Your prevenient plan. We stand in 
need of Your redemptive grace.
  In the strength of Your eternal name we pray.
  Amen.

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