[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2157]
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, You have called us, and we are Yours. We pray this day 
that our lawmakers would respond to this calling with worthiness, 
keenly aware of the privilege that it is You who have sent them into 
the leadership of this country.
  May they receive this mantle of responsibility with all humility, 
gentleness, and patience. May they demonstrate eagerness to maintain 
the unity of the spirit who binds this body together in peace, bearing 
with all others around them, in the manner of unconditional love You 
Yourself have revealed to Your sons and daughters.
  Help us each to live into the occupations to which You have called 
us. In living out the lives You have given us and in interacting with 
those into whose company You have brought us, may we build one another 
up in faith and love. May words of truth and not evil spill from our 
mouths.
  When we are angry, keep us from sinning one against the other. As 
Members of one body, may we show grace in our encounters and, when 
necessary, offer forgiveness even as You, in Your divine mercy, have 
forgiven us.
  It is in Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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