[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 61 (Thursday, April 8, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1715]
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:
  Our God, our help in ages past, we give You thanks for the life of 
Representative Alcee L. Hastings, friend and colleague, judge and 
leader in service to You and to this country, for many years.
  For the shelter You provided him, that he would, in his lifelong 
pursuit of civil rights, find triumph in the face of adversity, hope in 
the pursuit of equal justice, and Your sufficient grace in his efforts 
to advance respect for all humanity, we give You our heartfelt thanks.
  Like an ever-rolling stream, time has borne this Your son, our 
brother, away. But may we not forget his compassionate, perhaps 
flamboyant, fighting spirit. And in these days and the days to come, be 
our guard in grief in sure and certain hope that Alcee Hastings now 
rests from his labors in Your everlasting arms.
  For giving us the gift of such a man with whom we have been 
privileged to know, we are grateful to You.
  We pray in the abiding love of Your holy name.
  Amen.

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