[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 85 (Monday, May 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2360]
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:
  God, You are our savior, our strength, and our song.
  Lord, even as we reflect on these words of the Psalmist, call to our 
minds how often throughout history, and in our own lives, You have been 
our salvation.
  Help us to recall how You have intervened time and again in the 
health and welfare of our loved ones as well as our own.
  May we recollect how often You have set Your shield before us in the 
presence of our enemies, in moments of despair, and in the face of 
harm.
  Give us reason to remember the innumerable times You have protected 
us from our own foolish actions and prideful behavior.
  Inspire us by these memories of Your saving acts, large and small, 
that we would allow them to shape our present.
  Save us, we pray. We beseech You, O Lord, grant that all that we say 
today would reflect our gratitude for the success You have given us. 
May all that we do today be a prosperous celebration of Your redemptive 
love to us and to those around us.
  Salvation belongs to You, O Lord. May Your blessings remain upon Your 
people. It is in Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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