[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 111 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3137]
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 Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the Earth. Your 
glory fills the Earth and is exalted above the heavens.
  All we need do is look around us: at the intricate details and the 
artistry of nature, at the handiwork that has woven the tapestry of the 
stars arranged above us at night, at the perfect order of the rising 
and setting of the Sun and the orbit of the Moon.
  To ponder the complexity of Your creation is overwhelming. Who are 
we, O God, that You should even take notice of us?
  Why, when there is so much to tend to on this Earth, would You seek 
so passionately to care for us?
  And yet, You have given us dominion over all of this. You have 
entrusted us with the stewardship of all these wonderful resources.
  O Lord, our Lord, how abundant is Your grace. How boundless is Your 
love. How excellent is Your name in all the Earth.
  May we take the opportunity to enjoy all your blessings, and may we 
be worthy of the responsibility You have laid on us.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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