[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 106 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2897]
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:
  O Lord, our God, speak into our lives as You have spoken throughout 
time. On the day of historic jubilee, speak good news to the poor that 
they would have occasion to celebrate emancipation from chains that yet 
bind them.
  Proclaim liberty to those still held captive by injustice. Give sight 
to those blind to Your merciful love. Free all who are oppressed and 
break every yoke of prejudice and hatred.
  Then call upon us to be the bearers of these truths in both word and 
deed. Cast our eyes on those around us that we would not see slave or 
free, but brothers and sisters, children of Your creation.
  That each person who calls the United States home be allowed to 
delight in the freedoms afforded them by its democracy.
  That liberty and justice would be woven inextricably into the fabric 
of our Nation and defended on behalf of all her people.
  And that henceforward, all may be freed from hate and oppression to 
enjoy Your perfect design for this Republic.
  We pray this, having each been made free in Your name.
  Amen.

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