[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 79 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2145]
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, open our ears this day that we would hear the heavens 
declaring Your glory. Open our eyes that we would see the firmament 
displaying Your handiwork.
  We confess that we are often caught up in the words of our world, 
speeches made, positions held, and knowledge expounded. Silence us and 
the cacophony around us. Attune our hearts to Your voice which goes out 
through all the Earth--Your words which proclaim Your eternal life into 
the finitude of our own.
  Then revive our souls with Your instruction. Make our simple lives 
wise with revelation of Your omnipotent plan.
  Call our hearts to rejoice in the paths You set before us, and give 
us courage to abide in the purity of Your ways.
  Then may we taste the sweetness of the life You set before us--
sweeter than the honey that can never satisfy our hunger. Then may we 
know the wealth of Your presence--wealth more precious than any gold we 
earn.
  And may the words of our mouths and the meditations of our lips be 
acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our rock, and our Redeemer.
  Amen.

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