[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1369]
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:
  Gracious God, as we approach another week of legislation, we pray 
with the psalmist Your favor on each leader in this Chamber. Endow them 
with Your righteousness, that the judgments of their hearts and the 
words of their mouths will demonstrate Your defense of the 
disheartened.
  Grant them an understanding of Your perfect justice, that their 
legislation would reflect Your deep affection for those in need of Your 
salvation. May the words we speak to one another and the motions put 
forward be as refreshing as rain on a mown field. And may their 
decisions, their actions, and their passionate hearts serve this Nation 
as showers watering the earth.
  Bless each and all of us that in all we say, in all that we do, in 
everything we accomplish this week would give honor to Your glorious 
name.
  We offer this prayer to You in the strength of that name.
  Amen.

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