[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2937]
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, our creator, redeemer, and friend, we offer to You all that we 
have and all that we are this day: Our cares and concerns, our 
annoyances and aggravations, our fears and frustrations, our tempers 
and our entanglements, as well as our hopes and happiness, our 
competence and self-confidence, our strength and our service.
  We ask that You would recreate our spirits that we would have what we 
need to face the vagaries of life with renewed purpose and emboldened 
faith; that You would redeem our lives and the circumstances we face, 
that from our anxiety and uncertainty would emerge courage and wisdom; 
and that You would remind us of the joys of daily life, the blessings 
of home and the warmth of friendship, that through them we would find 
the gift of Your abiding presence upholding us in the effort of our 
labors and the living of our days.
  In the redemption of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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