[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3016]
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:
  Loving God, You who have been revealed in Scriptures, proclaimed 
through countless testimonies, and made known through innumerable and 
profound displays of Your steadfast love, how humbling it is to realize 
that You, O God, have called each one of us to this time and to this 
place to have a role to play in the revelation of Your gracious plan 
for all of creation.
  When we are called to account for this hope we find in You, may we 
not be found wanting, but may we be prepared and willing to give 
answer.
  When we are confronted by the counter-narratives of cynicism and 
bitterness, may our words provide witness to Your truth.
  When we are convinced of our self-sufficiency only to discover our 
inadequacy, may You be merciful to us.
  And when we stray from the calling to which You have called us, call 
us back that we may once again respond to Your grace and follow You.
  Today may our words be as if they were Your own and our service be 
fortified with the strength that You alone provide, that You would be 
glorified in the living of our lives.
  It is in Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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