[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2117]
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:
  Almighty God, we pause to approach You keenly aware that our business 
this evening is not to be the usual political discourse. Rather, 
tonight, we seek some sense of awareness of where we are, and look for 
direction as to where we should go as a Nation in these tumultuous 
times. In short, we wait in collective anticipation of an authoritative 
and visionary word.
  Remind us in this moment that the success of this Union is not to be 
found in prose or politics, but in Your Word, Your judgment, Your 
adjudication of our thoughts and the attitudes of our hearts.
  Redeem us from our own efforts and call us again as a country by Your 
name. May we take this opportunity today and every day that follows to 
humble ourselves and pray for our United States and its leadership. 
Then hasten us to listen and heed Your guidance.
  May we seek Your face, turn from the ways that have threatened our 
Nation, that you would hear from Heaven and forgive us our sins, and 
heal our land.
  In Your sovereign name, we pray.
  Amen.

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