[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1503]
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:
  Holy God, as the week proceeds with so much more left to do, we pray 
Your divine presence in every debate, every hearing, every meeting, 
every conversation, and not the least, in every vote.
  Given the sheer exhaustion, frenetic schedule, inadequate nourishment 
of body and soul through which these Members dutifully toil, without 
Your divine guidance, who is able to govern Your people?
  Even as You answered King Solomon's prayer, grant these Your servants 
discerning hearts in the governance of this country. May they be able 
to parse out the necessary from the convenient. May they divide Your 
purpose from their prejudice. Simply, may they be able to distinguish 
right from wrong.
  Unto Your care we commend then today's proceedings that they would 
prove worthy in Your sight.
  We offer this prayer in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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